FISHES FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Novaculichthys entargyreus Jenkins, new species. Fig. 9. 
Head 3.2 in body to base of caudal (4 in total); depth 2.7 to base of caudal (3.2 in total). D. ix, 
12. A. hi, 12. Scales 27 (24 with tubes, tubes single). Body deep, compressed ; profile of bead obtuse, 
evenly curved; eye only moderately high; distance from margin of eye to angle of mouth about 4 
in head. Scales 2-27-9; head naked; area in front of centrals naked or with few deeply imbedded 
scales; scales on sides of breast somewhat smaller than on sides of body. Teeth conical, in a single 
series, two anterior canines in each .jaw, the lower two fitting in between upper two; no posterior 
canine. Dorsal fin continuous, the anterior spines not protruding, the spinous portion lower than 
soft portion; anterior spine flexible, the next less so, remaining ones pungent; origin of dorsal in 
advance of base of pectoral ; soft dorsal 2.5 in head; ventral with a short, pungent spine; first soft 
ray filamentous, just reaching vent; caudal rounded; pectoral 1.5 in head. 
Coloration (in alcohol) : Body and tins pale, without distinct markings; two broad longitudinal 
silvery bands along sides of body, the pigment being in the skin below the scales but showing through ; 
transverse narrow silvery markings on peritoneum show through between ventrals and vent. 
One specimen of this fish, 140 mm. in length, is in the collection made hy Dr. Wood, at Honolulu. 
Type No. 5984, Leland Stanford Jr. University Museum. Its measurements follow: 
Novaculichthys entargyreus. 
Milli- 
meters. 
Novaculichthys entargyreus. 
Milli- 
meters. 
117 
14 
23 j 
13 
140 
25 
37 
28 
44 
8 
Longest spine of dorsal 
9 
Snout (from margin of eye) 
8 
Hemipteronotus umbrilatus Jenkins, new species. Native name, Lae nihi. Fig. 10. 
Head, with flap, in length to base of caudal 3.5, in total 4; depth 2.8, 3.2. D. ii-vii, 12. A. Hr, 
12. Scales 2-25-9, tubes simple, lateral line interrupted; scales behind eye, cheeks covered with 
small scales, opercles and preopercles scaleless; the two anterior spines of the dorsal not produced, 
separated from remainder of dorsal by narrow space not quite twice eye. Teeth, two prominent 
canines in anterior part of each jaw, the low r er fitting between the upper. 
Coloration in life; general color a light-drab, with posterior portion of each scale white or 
whitish; a large dark-brown blotch, large as head, on middle portion of hody, in which blotch the 
posterior half of each scale is white; the anterior separated portion of dorsal dusky; no distinct 
markings on the fins. 
Type No. 6135, L. S. Jr. University Museum. 
