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Bo«1y elongate, the sides compressed and flat! ad subcon ic, the sides constricted below; 
snoot blunt, roundel and sh**rt: ( impinging upon the upper profile of the head, and a'- 
its ] eter - margin a little behind the center of its length; mouth nearly terminal, small, oblique, the 
small maxillary reaching about below nasal cavity, the mandible included: teeth minute in jaws, none 
on vomer or palatines; tongue smooth, not broad, rounded and free in front: nasal cavity small, near 
front of eye above, and with a well developed fleshy date interorbital space broad, concave in the 
middle: about 13 gillrakers developed, the longest nearly a third the length of the eye. compressed 
and pointed; peritoneum pale: scales rather large, cycloid, and each with several stria*, at least on 
line running along the lower fern of the body, tailing short of base of caudal by 
several scales, behind anal fin: origin of dorsal a little nearer bas ral than tip of upper candal 
lobe and a little in advance of anus: anal originating below middle of dorsal, similar to dorsal with 
the anterior rays elevated; candal deeply forked, the lower lota* much the longer: pectoral very long, 
falling a little short of base of candal; ventrals nearer base of candal than base of pectoral, and reach¬ 
ing lack nearly to the posterior lose- * i anal: caudal peduncle rather deep, much compressed. 
Flo. 46.—i Cuvier A Valenciennes - 
Color in life i No. 03431 with top of head and upper parts of body reddish purple, lower parts white: 
membranes of pectoral covered with numerous minute black dots, upper side : ra - rolish: outer 
edge of soft dorsal black: ventrals and anal colorless- One specimen No. 03434 has a large Mack 
area on dorsal fin. the fin itself bright: top of head and body bine, ends silvery: belly white: caudal 
dusky: no spots on pectoral, upper surface bright purple: ventrals transparent. Other specimens 
were dark blue above, silvery below with blue reflections; pectoral purple. One (No. 03542 from 
Honolulu had very large black spots on pectoral. 
Color in alcohol, brownish above; the lower surface whitish washed w-ith silvery: dorsal, caudal, 
and pectorals brownish: ventrals and anal whitish. Color in life, dark blue above, silvery below 
with blue reflections; pectoral purplish, usually with many large* round black spots. 
This description from an example No. 02tHo 12 inches long, taken at Honolulu. Of this spvc.es 
we have 21 examples taken at Honolulu, and we have examined 15 examples taken at the same place 
by Dr. Jenkins in 1SS9. Specimens were obtained by the Albatross at Honolulu: Waimea and Hana- 
maula Raw Kauai: and Napili. Molokai. The maximum length of this species is about 14 inches. This 
is the common flying fish seen in thousands in the sea about Honolulu. 
£-. • • ■ -Cuvier 3: Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss.. XIX. 105 . is» Hawaiian Islands. 
Emetrluf arpfcrtas Sleeker. Ned. Tydsch. Kert, III. ICvv 112. Sumatra: Steindsehner. Penks. Ak. Wfes Wien. LXX. 1980, 
512 (.Honolulu). 
. fiaius. Jenkins. Bull. r. S. Fish iVimiw XXII. 1902 [Sept. 3S, 190S), 435 (Honolulu): Snyder. op. dl 
1904 .522 Honolulu: Kauai: Molokai c 
