FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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jaws equal; lips fleshy; teeth in jaws small, uniserial, compressed, incisor-like, their margins notched; 
no teeth on vomer, palatines, or tongue; tongue elongate, pointed, free in front; eye anterior, superior, 
less than snout; preopercle oblique, its margin smooth; interorbital width broad, convex; nostril 
small, circular; third dorsal spine 2 in head; longest dorsal ray 1.4; fourth anal ray 1.5; pectoral 
long, pointed, 3.1 in body; ventrals pointed 3.6, the spine 1.4 in first ray; scales large, rounded, 
ctenoid; lateral line arched, not continued beyond soft dorsal; tubes of lateral line arborescent; no 
scales on snout, in front of eye, or on lips and chin; scales on infraorbital, vertical lins, and base of 
pectoral minute. 
Color in life (No. 3007), body, pale brassy green, with 5 narrow bluish black vertical bars, the 
first from front of dorsal to base of pectoral, the second from third to fifth dorsal spines to beneath 
middle of pectoral, the third from eighth or ninth spine toward origin of anal; the fourth from last 
spines to middle of anal and the last, which is faint, from last dorsal rays across caudal peduncle; head 
dusky; belly white; black spot on base of pectoral above, axil black;- dorsal brassy, mottled with 
dark, the edge of membrane black, the projecting spines white; black blotch on base of last dorsal 
rays; caudal and anal dusky yellowish; ventrals white, dusky at tips; pectoral pale yellowish; breast 
dusky; iris silvery, black above and below. Another example was steel-blue when fresh, olive-green 
on back with 4 broad cross bars; spinous dorsal, base of soft dorsal, caudal and base of anal black; a 
black spot at base of pectoral; ventral black; soft dorsal, caudal and anal pale, except base. 
Color in alcohol, purplish brown above; side below lateral line with dull light green longitudinal 
bands; lower surface of body whitish; 5 blackish vertical bands on side of back, indistinct on tower 
half of body, and extending up on fin; first band begins at origin of spinous dorsal, second at fourth 
and fifth dorsal spines, third at ninth and tenth spines, and fourth at last dorsal spine and first 2 rays; 
dark brown blotch on caudal peduncle above; a deep black blotch on basal portion of posterior rays 
of soft dorsal and anal; vertical fins dusky grayish; pectoral and ventrals grayish, the-latter with 
whitish streaks between rays; blackish spots at base of median caudal rays. 
Described from an example (No. 4488), from Honolulu. 
This species is close to Aburlrfihif saxatilis of India, from which it is distinguished by the large 
black spots at bases of posterior dorsal and anal rays, and the fourth blackish vertical bar beginning at 
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