FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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minute white “glandular” organs conspicuous, covering eyes and all fins as well as head and trunk, 
but absent on blind side. 
In 3 cotypes from the same locality, the fin and scale counts are as follows: Dorsal 75, 76, and 77; 
, anal 63, 63, and 63; pectoral 4, 4, and 4; ventral 5, 5, and 5; scales in lateral line 100, 99, and 99. 
Anticitharus debilis, new species. Plate 97. 
Type, a female, 1 73 mm. long, from station 4103, Pailolo Channel, between Molokai and Maui, 
depth 132 to 141 fathoms; type, No. 51657, U. S. Nat. Mus. 
Closely related to A. polyspilus Gunther (Shore-fishes, Challenger, p. 48, pi. 22, fig. A) from the 
Ki Islands, differing in the longer dorsal and anal fins, the much smaller scales, and the shorter ante- 
rior curve in lateral line. 
Length of head 26 hundredths of total length without caudal; length of snout from upper orbit 
7.5, from lower orbit 5.5; horizontal diameter of upper eye 7; length of maxillary 10; greatest depth 
37; depth of caudal peduncle 8; longest dorsal ray 10; longest anal ray 10; longest caudal ray 17; 
longest pectoral ray, on left side 12, on right side 4.5; chord of curve of lateral line 12. D. 112; A. 91; 
P. 13; scales in lateral line 95. 
Body slender, thin, and fragile, semitransparent, with deciduous smooth scales, and fragile fin 
rays; anterior profile of snout deeply incurved in advance of upper eye, the terminal portion of snout 
protruding hook-like beyond it; mouth rather large, oblique, the maxillary 0.4 length of head, reaching 
a point behind front of pupil; lower jaw much shorter than upper; anterior premaxillary teeth wholly 
outside mandibular symphysis in closed mouth; teeth in single series; all those in lower jaw and the 
anterior teeth of upper jaw are widely spaced moderate canines; lateral teeth in upper jaw much 
smaller and more closely set; vomer and palatines toothless; eyes separated in females by a very 
narrow bony septum, which is minutely channeled longitudinally, this accompanied by a single series 
of narrow scales, or the series may be interrupted over middle of lower eye; males can be at once 
detected by the slightly wider and more evidently grooved interorbital space, the width of which over 
middle of eye is about 0.3 diameter of pupil; in males, the interorbital space is scaled throughout; the 
vertical from the front of upper eye traverses lower eye a little in advance of pupil; no' spines or tuber- 
cles on head in either sex; gill-rakers short, slender, toothed; the longest half diameter of pupil; 10 
gill-rakers on horizontal limb of outer arch, none being developed on vertical limb. 
Dorsal fin beginning on blind side of snout immediately behind nostril; the rays regularly gradu- 
ated from the first to the longest, which is slightly behind middle of fin, none of them produced; 
throughout the dorsal fin the membrane extends nearly to tips of rays, leaving only extreme tips 
free; anal fin wholly similar; left ventral with an elongate base and inserted on ridge of abdomen, its 
posterior membranes slightly deflected to the left, its attachment lying immediately at left side Of 
base of first anal ray; caudal wedge-shaped, or double truncate with a rounded tip; right pectoral 
much smaller than left, but with an equal number of rays. 
Scales cycloid on both sides, and caducous; terminal portion of snout naked, rest of head seal v; 
each dorsal and anal ray accompanied by a single series of scales; caudal rays alone forked-, carrying 
several series of scales; pectorals and ventrals naked; anterior arch of lateral line flat-topped, its chord 
contained 5.7 times in straight portion; no lateral line on blind side. 
Coloration: Light olive-brown, finely freckled with darker brown and sparsely spotted with light, 
the spots irregular in outline, each surrounded by a darker ring; spots principally distributed on head 
and near outlines of body; two spots on lateral line, one near middle of its length, accompanied with a 
large dark spot; vertical fin rays finely mottled, with oblong dark blotches at intervals of 10 to 15 rays. 
In 5 specimens, which do not include the type, the fin rays and scales are as follows: Dorsal 114, 
114, 116, 116, and 117; anal 90, 92, 96, 92, and 95; pectoral 13, 15, 13, 14, and 14; scales in lateral line 
97, 94, 98, 96, and . 
The genus Anticitharus is most nearly allied to Amoglossus, from which it differs principally in the 
very fine scales. 
Taken at the following stations: Nos. 3832, off the south coast of Molokai, 142 to 153 fathoms; 
3957, near Laysan Island, 173 to 220 fathoms; 3958, near Laysan Island, 173 to 182 fathoms; 4101, 
Pailolo Channel, 122 to 143 fathoms; 4103, Pailolo Channel, 132 to 141 fathoms. 
