FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Pelecanickt'hysf'rumenaiis Gilbert jc Cramer, I’roe. C.S. Nat. Mus., 
XIX, IS97 (Feb. 5), -133, pi. XLVII, Albatross Station 
3472 or 3476 , near Hawaiian Islands (type, No. -4S738 
U.S.N.M.). 
Genus 258. CHASCANOPSETTA Alcock. 
irregularly alternating with the larger ones in both jaws. Posterior third of each jaw toothless; 
palate smooth. Anterior nostril with an overarching flap or short tube; posterior nostril without tube. 
Eyes elliptical, nearly even, long axis of lower eye very oblique. Oblique diameter of upper 
orbit 3.75 in head; snout short, five-sevenths diam¬ 
eter of upper eye. Interorbital space narrow, grooved, 
the width one-fifth diameter of upper eye. 
Dorsal fin beginning above anterior nostril, the 
first few rays slightly displaced toward the blind 
side; pectoral narrow, pointed, about 1.75 in length 
of head, that of blind side apparently shorter; caudal 
lanceolate in a young individual (mutilated in adult), 
the middle rays 1.25 in head. 
Jaws, snout, and interorbital space naked;' head 
and body elsewhere covered with minute cycloid 
scales; lateral line nearly axial, its anterior arch low, 
above the head, the posterior downward curve abrupt, 
above base of pectoral; length of arch nearly equal to 
half depth of body. 5 
Color in alcohol, head and body light brown, the b 
outlines of the scales dusky, the wide bases of dorsal 
and anal fins semitranslueent; abdomen in the adult 
with narrow vertical stripes of blue-black, alternating 
with wider muscular bands which are of the ground- 
color; head and anterior median portion of trunk 
with faint darker brown spots about one-third size 
of pupil. In addition to these, the median part of 
body is marked with about 45 larger round spots, 
darker than the others, but still faint and ill-defined. 
These are nearly as large as eye, and are arranged on 
anterior part of trunk in 7 lengthwise series, all but 3 
of which gradually disappear on tail. The larger 
spots are much more distinct in the young than in 
adults. Mouth and gill-cavity white; peritoneum 
black; fins dusky. Taken in deep water about the 
Hawaiian islands at depths of 238 to 344 fathoms. 
Found only in the Pailolo Channel and its ap¬ 
proaches, and in the southerly continuation of the 
Kaiwi Channel, where it was originally obtained. 
Three specimens 7 to 10 inches long, from stations 
3472 and 3476, were obtained by the Albatross in 
December, 1891, while engaged in surveying a cable 
route between California and Honolulu. Other ex¬ 
amples were collected by the Albatross in 1902. 
Mouth very wide, the maxillary being more than 
half the length of the head; jaws and teeth equally 
developed on both sides, each jaw being armed with a 
single row of long, slender, depressible teeth; eyes on left side; dorsal fin commencing near tip of 
snout, its rays, and those of the anal, being simple, slender, and scaleless; scales minute, mem¬ 
branous, hardly imbricate; lateral line with a strong curve above the pectoral; gill-openings wide, 
