FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Color in life ( No. 03036) yellowish olive, crossed bv a series of brownish-orange lines from pectoral 
region backward and upward; snout pale orange; a broad black saddle over nape and downward over 
eye to upper edge of suboperele, narrowing at lower end, and bordered anteriorly by. a narrow white 
line; following this is a broad white saddle extending down over humeral region, opercle and edge of 
shoulder-girdle to lower part of opercular openings; a black blotch at origin of dorsal separated from 
the white saddle by orange yellow; beneath this a light brown or olive space bounded below by a 
broad yellow line extending from humeral region upward and backward to base of seventh dorsal 
spine; below this a broad triangular black space with its base at shoulder-girdle and extending back¬ 
ward and upward to base of sixth to eighth dorsal spine, bounded below or behind by a narrow yellow 
line; a curved yellow line beginning on dorsal at base of seventh spine, following base of dorsal to 
caudal peduncle, which it crosses, then widening out upon base of anal; dorsal dusky olive, a broad 
black band parallel with the yellow, widening on soft portion and connecting with black caudal 
peduncle; above this a broad pale orange stripe, bounded on soft dorsal by white; edge of dorsal 
membranes black, forming a broad black border on soft dorsal; caudal yellow at base, a narrow black 
bar at middle, beyond which the fin is white; anal yellowish orange, bordered by brownish, and with 
a narrow dark orange band near margin; pectoral pale; ventrals pale orange, slightly dusky at tips; 
iris pale bluish. 
Another example (No. 03313) has upper part of side rich greenish olive, crossed by about 9 or 10 
reddish-brown bars; lower part of side rich lemon-yellow crossed by about 5 reddish-orange bars, the 
2 under pectoral breaking up into reddish-orange spots; tip of snout pale rosy, rest of snout pale 
yellow; a broad black saddle over head and through eye to upper edge of suboperele, about one-half 
broader than orbit; back of this a broad white saddle of about same width extending to near lower 
part of opercle and enveloping part of shoulder-girdle; back of this a yellowish-green space, then a 
black saddle at anterior base of dorsal extending along base of dorsal to near fifth spine; a large oblong 
black spot beginning on humeral region and curving upward and backward to base of sixth and seventh 
spines, this bounded by rather broad yellow borders; belly pale yellow; a jet-black spot on caudal 
Fig. 160.— Chastodon lunula (Lac6p6de); from the young. 
