Scale: Neiv Haivaiiaii Fishes. 5 



611. Novaculichthys tattoo sp. nov. Fig. 2. 



Head, from tip of opercle flap to base of caudal, 3.30 ; depth 

 3.20; eye 5.12; interorbital equal to eye; snout 2.75 into head; 

 D. IX 12; A. Ill 12; V. 1-5; P. 12 vScales 2-27-8. Head naked. 

 Lateral line interrupted. Bodj- oblong, compressed. Teeth: 

 A single row of small sharp-pointed teeth in each jaw, the two 

 anterior ones enlarged canines ; the upper jaw has a few minute 

 teeth just inside the outer row near tip ; no canine tooth at angle 

 of jaw. Branchiostegals 7. Pseudobranchise well developed. 

 Fins: Dorsal spines rather short and weak, the longest spines 

 equal to interorbital space. Caudal rounded. The first ventral 

 spine is somewhat elongate, 1.50 into head. Ba.se of anal 1.50 

 into head. 



Color in life : Very light yellowish brown, with a wash of 

 pinkish. A large yellow splotch on the sides of the belly, from 

 which five pairs of narrow but bright and distinct yellow lines ex- 

 tend entirely around the bell}' almost like ribs, or the tattoo marks 

 u.sed by the blacks of Au.stralia. Fins all uniform yellowish white, 

 except the spinous dorsal which has a round black dot between 

 each spine along the middle of the fin. In spirits the general color 

 becomes more pink. 



One specimen. Length 6 inches. Honolulu, Augu.st 9, 1901. 

 Hab. Hawaiian Islands. Type No. 611, B. P. B. M. 



