FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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similar to soft dorsal, the rays somewhat longer, the base somewhat shorter; caudal short and rounded, 
the rays about 1.75 in head; pectoral short, the upper rays longest, about 3 in head. 
Color in alcohol, rich brownish or velvety black; spinous dorsal black; soft dorsal pale yellowish 
or whitish, margined with black, the lower half crossed by 4 narrow parallel black lines; anal similar 
to soft dorsal, but with only 2 narrow black lines on its basal half; caudal dusky, yellowish at tip; 
pectoral yellowish. 
Only one specimen obtained, type, No. 50821, U.S.N.M. (held No. 05089), 6.25 inches long, 
Honolulu. 
Pachynnthusnyi'U.rts Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. s. Fish Comm., XXII. 1902 (April 11, 1903), 199, Honolulu. 
332. Balistes fuscolineatus Seale. 
Head 3.5 in length; depth 2; eye 4.5 in head; snout 1.65; interorbital 2.3; D. hi— 33; A. 30; scales 
54, 30 from vent to spinous dorsal; first dorsal spine 1.65 in head, equal to snout; longest dorsal ray 
2.2; longest anal ray 2.2; longest pectoral 2.25. 
Body oblong, compressed, blunter anteriorly; head short, deep, compressed, upper and lower 
outlines evenly arched; eye small, high, posterior; snout blunt; mouth small, terminal; jaws equal; 
lips thick; teeth incisor-like, with sharp notches, giving some of them a canine-like appearance; origin 
of spinous dorsal midway between eye and gill-opening, first spine strong, blunt, with 4 rows of 
decurved short spines, 2 rows on anterior face and 1 on each side; second dorsal spine 3 in first; dorsal 
and anal low, outlines slightly rounded, last rays 2 in longest rays; dorsal base equal to distance from 
anterior base of spinous dorsal to lower edge of lower lip; anal base equal to distance from origin of spi¬ 
nous dorsal to origin of soft dorsal; caudal rounded, its middle ray about 2 in head, slightly shorter 
than first dorsal spine; ventral spine short, broad, and movable only at tip; pectoral short, broad, and 
rounded; body and head entirely covered with scales, those of anterior portion of body and head 
slightly enlarged; 6 or 7 enlarged osseous plates, each with straight lines from center to edge, behind 
gill-opening; 6 or 7 rows of small spines or raised tubercles on the center of each scale on posterior 
portion of body. 
Color in life, silvery, with more or less opalescent reflections; 3 narrow dusky linesextending from 
anterior margin of orbit horizontally forward over snout; another dusky line over snout just above 
upper lip; 2 dusky lines over interorbital space; 2 rather indistinct dusky lines along base of dorsal 
fins, the lower of these lines beginning at orbit; also a narrow indistinct dusky line extending from 
posterior margin of orbit obliquely back and down to slightly above anal fin; another short dark line 
from upper posterior edge of orbit to avis of pectoral; 2 narrow dusky lines extending along bases of 
ventral and anal tins; spinous dorsal black; soft dorsal, pectoral, ventral spine, and anal fin white; 
caudal dusky. (Seale.) 
Color in alcohol, grayish olivaceous above, lighter below; the narrow stripes across snout and 
interorbital dark; soft dorsal and anal pale, with indications of dark mottling; spinous dorsal dark 
brown; caudal color of upper part of body; pectoral pale. 
One specimen, No. 03559, 5.65 inches long, from Honolulu. This and the type are the only known 
specimens. 
Balistesfuuicolijitatus Seale, Oee. Papers Bernice I’auahi Bishop Museum, I. No. 4 , 9. fig. i. 1901. Honolulu. (Type, No. Uri. 
B.P.B.M., coll. A. Seale.) 
333. Balistes vidua Solander. “ Humuhumu hiukole;” “Ilumuhumu uH.” Plate 1.XI. 
Head 3.5 in length; depth 2; eye 5.4 in head; snout 1.5; interorbital 2.5; I). in, 34; A. 30; scales 
60, 38 from vent to origin of spinous dorsal; first dorsal spine 2 in head; longest dorsal ray 1.3; longest 
anal ray equal to snout; pectoral 2.25 in head. 
Body oblong, compressed, more blunt anteriorly; head short, deep, compressed; eye small, high, 
posterior; snout thick and blunt; mouth small, terminal; jaws equal; teeth notched, incisor-like, the 
2 anterior teeth of lower jaw not notched, but broad and sharp, the next 2 teeth with the anterior por¬ 
tion produced and hooked backward, their inner side with a grinding process; origin of spinous dorsal 
over gill-opening; soft dorsal and anal slightly concave, the anterior rays being produced; caudal 
truncate; ventral spine very short and blunt; pectoral short, slightly rounded; scales covering entire 
body and head, those on median portion of body largest; a distinct groove in front of eye (inadvert- 
