FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Iii 1875 Vaillant and Sauvage published descriptions of 19 species of fishes from 
the Hawaiian Islands which they regarded as new. The specimens upon which the 
descriptions were based formed a portion of a collection comprising 180 species, 
obtained, presumably at Honolulu, by M. Ballieu, at that time French consul to the 
Hawaiian Islands. The descriptions are, for the most part, unsatisfactory, and cer¬ 
tain identification of several of the species seems impossible. Of the 19 species 
described from the Hawaiian Islands 3 are credited to Sauvage, the others to Valliant 
and Sauvage. 
Fishes described from the Hawaiian Islands by Vaillant and Sauvage in 1875. 
Scorptena ballieui . 
Cottus fllamentosws . 
Glyphisodon imparipennis . 
Gobius homocyanu8 . 
Eleotris sundmcensis . 
Salarias zebra . 
Mugil triehilus . 
Congrogadus maryinatus . 
Brotula multicirrata . 
Acanth u rus viryatus . 
Malaeanthus parvipinuix . 
Novacula (Novacula) microlepis. 
Julis ballieui .. 
Coris (Hemicoris) venusta .. 
Coris (Hemicoris) ball ni . 
Coris ( Hemicoris) rost i . 
Tetraodon (Anosmius) janlhinus. 
Tetraodon (Anosmius) coronatus. 
Pcecilophis tritor .. 
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Sebastapistes ballieui. 
Gymnocanthus intermedius. « 
Abudefduf imparipenn is. 
Mapo fuscus. 
Eleotris sandwicensis. 
Scartichthys zebra. 
Chtenomugil chaptali. 
Congrogadus marginatus. 
Brotula multicirrata. 
Zebrasoma flavescens. 
Malaeanthus parvipinnis. 
Cymolutes leeluse. 
Thalassoma ballieui. 
Coris venusta. 
Coris ballieui. 
Coris rosea. 
Canthigaster janthinus. 
Canthigaster valentini. 
Echidna leihala. 
« A Japanese species not seen in Hawaii. 
The V. S. S. Portsmouth, Commander Joseph S. Skerrett commanding, while 
engaged in a survey of the islands of the North Pacific Ocean, visited the Hawaiian 
and Fanning islands in 1873-74, and considerable collections of fishes were made by 
the medical officers on board-—Surg. William II. Jones, U. S. Navy, and Passed 
Asst. Surg. Thomas H. Streets, U. S. Navy. These collections were reported 
upon by Dr. Streets (Streets, 1877), who states that the fish fauna of Honolulu 
Harbor is very well represented in the collection, but that inadequate means for the 
preservation of specimens while at the Fanning Islands prevented the making of 
extensive collections at that group. Thirty-six species are recorded from the 
Fanning group and 38 from the Hawaiian Islands, nearly all from the harbor at 
Honolulu or at other places on Oahu Island. Of these 38 species one (Acanthv rus 
trios teg us sandvicemis) is described as a new subspecies. 
Fishes obtained at the Hawaiian Islands by V. S. S. Portsmouth in 1873-74■ 
Nominal species. 
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Tetraodon hispidus. 
Melichthys radula. 
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Platophrys pantherinus. 
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Asterropteryx semipunetatus. 
Sicydium stimpsoni. 
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Gnatholepis knighti. 
Mapo fuscus. 
Sebastapistes gibbosa. 
Pseudocheilinus octotwniu. 
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Pseudocheilinus hexatsenia. 
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