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BULLETIN OF TIIE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
part of head- and its upper rim hardly impinging upon upper profile of head; mouth very large, 
oblique; mandible slightly projecting, the maxillary not reaching posterior margin of eye; distal 
expanded extremity of maxillary 1.7 in eye; several enlarged, blunt teeth on outer front edges of jaw 
and sides of mandible; teeth in jaws fine, in broad bands, also on vomer and palatines; tongue thick, 
pointed, and free in front; suborbital rim narrow, finely serrate; lower posterior margin of maxillary 
with blunt denticulations; lips gather thick and fleshy; nostrils close together, posterior very large, 
close to front rim of orbit; bones of head all finely serrate; operele with well-developed spine; gill¬ 
opening large, filaments rather large; gillrakers long, fine, the longest longer than longest gill-filaments; 
pseudobranchise very large, outer portions free for half their length; dorsal spines slender, first 3.4 in 
head, second 2.6, third 2.2, fourth 2.2, tenth 6.4, and last 3.5; anterior dorsal rays elevated, produced 
into a point, first 1.8, second 1.7, and last 8; first and second anal spines short, third 2.6, and fourth 
2.8; soft anal similar to soft dorsal, anterior ray 1.75, third 1.8, and last 6; caudal forked, lobes pointed, 
1.2; pectoral rather small, pointed, 1.4; ventral 1.6, reaching 0.65 distance to anus; caudal peduncle 
elongate, compressed, 2.2 in head, its depth 3.25; scales large, ctenoid, deep; lateral line slightly 
arched, running obliquely down on side along upper part of caudal peduncle; 4 rudimentary caudal 
rays above and below, slender, sharp pointed, and graduated. 
Color in life (03370), deep red, with silvery luster; no stripes on side, a blood-red band across 
gill-opening and base of pectoral; fins deep red, without white edgings, distal half of spinous dorsal 
shading into orange. 
Color in alcohol, pale straw-color, fins plain and paler; upper margin of operele blackish, and axil 
of pectoral black; anterior margins of soft dorsal and anal whitish. 
Described from one of 16 excellent specimens 7 to 9 inches long, obtained at Honolulu. It was 
not seen at Hilo. 
Myriprislis berndti Jordan & Evermann, Hull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Apr. 11, 1903), 170, Honolulu (Type, No. 50627 
U. S. N. M.); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 1904), 523 (Honolulu). 
111. Myripristis argyromus Jordan & Evermann. Plate 27 and Fig. 55. 
Head 3.5 in length; depth 2.75; eye 2.4 in head; snout 5; maxillary 1.8; mandible 1.6; interor¬ 
bital 3.75; D. x-i, 15; A. iv, 13; scales 4-33-5. 
Body rather long ami compressed, dorsal and ventral outlines about equally and evenly convex 
from snout to origin of anal and soft dorsal fins; head rather large but short; mouth moderate, max¬ 
illary reaching vertical at posterior edge of pupil, the exposed portion broad, triangular, the upper 
edge concave, the end rounded, and the anterior edge with short blunt teeth, strongest at angle; tip of 
Fig. 55. —Myripristis ai'fPjromu* Jordan & Evermann; from the type. 
