FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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erate, about 40 in lateral line; lateral line continuous; D. xn, 10; A. iii, 10; dorsal spines low, pungent ; 
soft dorsal and anal not elevated, their bases without scales; caudal siibtruneate; pectoral short. This 
genus is allied to Verreo and Xesiohs. From its nearest relative, Xexioles, it differs in the presence of a 
posterior canine tooth. The single species is brilliantly colored. • 
Vcrricutux Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm.. XXII, 1902 (April 11, 1903), 191 (mniiuineus). 
220. Verriculus sanguineus.Jordan A Evermann. Plate XXV. 
Head 2.9 in length; depth 2.5; eye 6.2 in head; snout 3.1; mouth 2.8; interorbital 4.75; D. xn, 10; 
A. in, 12; scales 5-40-13. 
Body elongate, compressed oblong; head long, pointed, conic, its depth 1.7 in its length; eye 
small, its posterior margin in middle of length of head; snout long, pointed, rounded; jaws produced, 
equal; mouth large, nearly horizontal, corner reaching below front rim of eye; lips thick, fleshy; teeth 
strong, those on sides short, close-set, forming a sharp cutting edge on side of jaw; 5 canines in front 
of upper jaw, 4 in front of lower, a posterior canine on each side of upper jaw; tongue long, pointed, 
free in front; preopercle not serrate; interorbital space broad, convex; nostrils small, anterior in short 
tube; dorsal spines strong, sharp-pointed, longest in middle and posteriorly; last dorsal spine 4 in head; 
anal spines strong, last spine longest, 3.75; seventh anal ray 3; caudal rounded; dorsal and anal fins 
scaled at base; pectoral rounded, 1.9 in head; ventrals short, spine strong, pointed, two-thirds longest 
ray, which is 2 in head; caudal peduncle broad, deep, 2.2 in head; scales small, thin, cycloid; head 
with very small thin cycloid scales on occiput, cheek, greater part of opercle, behind eye, and on 
opereles, otherwise naked; lateral line slightly curved in front, then obliquely down to base of caudal. 
Color in life, deep red, edge, of upper jaw and lower lip golden; a long stripe below eye pure 
golden; a long stripe from eye along back to base of caudal golden, with a red shade, a vertical black 
bar edged with golden above, on opercular region; a long blackish area covering it from eye to above 
pectoral, with some blackish before, behind, and above; a black spot at base of caudal; dorsal and 
caudal golden, first dorsal edged with violet and with the lower half violet; anal entirely deep blood- 
red; ventrals golden; pectoral reddish, golden at base. 
Color in alcohol, very pale brown; a dusky baud from snout across back of head and on side, 
fading out indistinctly posteriorly; a blackish spot at middle of base of caudal; opercle posteriorly 
with black vertical blotch; fins all pale or light brown. 
Described from the type, No. 50677, U. S. N. M. (field No. 03489), an example 7.5 im-lies long, 
taken at Hilo with hook and line, in deep water with Etelis eviirus, Etelixrux marshi, Erythrichlhi/x 
xcklegeli , Intit/onia xteindachneri, and AtUhias fuxcipmnix. < )nly the type thus far known. 
1 r>ric>Uux saw/ii incus Jordan ,v Evermann, Bull. P. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (April 11, 1903), 191. Hilo. 
Genus 149. VEKREO Jordan & Snyder. 
This genus differs from IjepidapUnt in having the teeth in 2 series, the outer ones canine-like, 
growing smaller posteriorly, the inner ones coalesced into a narrow, blunt-edged plate; a large straight 
posterior canine projecting forward from hinder part of upper jaw. Large fishes, similar in appear¬ 
ance to ix’pidaplois. 
1 'rrno Jordan & Snyder, I J roc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, 619 (oxyccphalus ). 
221. Verreo oxycephalus (Bleeker). Fig. 120. 
Head 2.9 in length; depth 3.35; eye 7 in head; snout 2; mouth 3.75; interorbital 4.1; 1). xn, 11; 
A. iii, 12; scales 6-35-13. 
Body elongate, compressed, oblong; head elongate, compressed, pointed, its depth 1.5 in its length; 
snout and jaws produced, pointed, the latter about equal; lips very thick, broad, fleshy, plicate; 
maxillary not reaching anterior rim of orbit; nostrils small, close together, anterior in very short 
tube; mouth rather large, nearly horizontal; teeth in 2 series in jaws, the outer canine-like growing 
smaller posteriorly, the inner coalesced into a narrow blunt-edged plate; 2 enlarged canines in front 
of each jaw, those in lower with 2 small teeth between them at symphysis; posterior margin of 
preopercle very finely serrate; a posterior canine; interorbital width broad, slightly convex; gill¬ 
opening large; gillrakers short, thick, conic; dorsal spines strong, thick, pointed, the membranes 
