FISHES FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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6. Gymnothorax g-oldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head nearly 3 in trunk (exclusive of head and tail), or 9 in total length; head and trunk about 
1.5 in tail; eye 1.75 in snout, 1.2 in interorbital space; snout 5 in head; interorbital space 7.5; mouth 2. 
Body rather compressed, the tail gradually tapering narrowly behind; head compressed, swollen 
above; snout pointed, the tip blunt and the sides compressed; eye rather small, a trifle nearer tip 
of snout than corner of mouth; mouth large, snout slightly projecting beyond mandible; lips rather 
fleshy and concealing the teeth when the mouth is closed; teeth in a single series in jaws, anteriorly 
large and canine-like, and the vomer with a single large, depressible fang; anterior nostrils at tip of 
snout in small tubes; posterior nostrils directly above eye in front; interorbital space more or less 
flattened like top of snout; gill-opening about equal to eye; skin smooth; head with a number of 
mucous pores; origin of dorsal a little nearer corner of mouth than gill-opening; caudal small. 
Color in alcohol, brown, covered all over body except anal fin with round or roundish white spots, 
those on anterior part of body small, very small and numerous on head, becoming larger on trunk, 
and finally increasing very much in size on tail where they are scattered and rather far apart; reticu- 
lations around the light spots blackish brown upon posterior part of dorsal fin, same color as base of 
anal; margins of anal and dorsal fins whitish; gill-opening and anus bordered with blackish brown. 
General color of body in life, brown, rather pale olivaceous anteriorly, and covered all over with small 
white spots w r hich are close-set and small on head where the dark color forms a network; spots sparse 
and irregular on posterior parts, and also much larger; vent and gill-opening dusky; dorsal colored 
like the body, with a broad white edge, growing broader behind; anal dark brown, unspotted, and 
with a broad pale border. 
This species is known only from the type, No. 50617, U. S. N. M. (field No. 03392), a specimen 
21 inches long, obtained by us at Honolulu. 
7. Gymnothorax hilonis Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head 8.2 in length; depth 16; eye 7 in head; snout 6; interorbital 6; gape 2.4; distance from 
tip of snout to vent 1.2 in distance from vent to tip of tail. 
Body rather short, moderately compressed, the tail more compressed and bluntly pointed; 
head short, the nape swollen; interorbital space broad; a distinct median groove from near the tip 
of snout to origin of dorsal; angle of mouth posterior to eye a distance equal to eye’s diameter; 
lower jaw but slightly curved, shorter than the upper; front of upper jaw with 3 short, bluntly 
pointed, movable teeth; side of upper jaw with a single series of short, pointed canines directed 
backward; shaft of vomer with short, blunt teeth; lower jaw on each side with a single series of 
rather long, pointed canines, longest in front and curved backward; anterior nostril in a long tube, 
about 2 in eye, near tip of snout just above lip; posterior nostril small, round, without tube, 
situated just above anterior part of eye; gill-opening small, its direction obliquely forward toward 
nape; a series of 4 pores on each side of upper jaw; similar pores on lower jaw. Origin of dorsal 
fin on nape midway between gill-opening and middle of eye; dorsal fin well developed, its greatest 
height somewhat exceeding length of snout; anal similar to dorsal, but lower. 
Color in alcohol, rich, velvety black above, paler below where it is marbled and reticulated with 
narrow white lines; series of pores on side of upper jaw and those on tip of lower, white; cheek with 
a few irregular white spots; gill-opening whitish ; side of body anteriorly with some small white specks 
and irregular whitish markings; lower jaw with larger, oblong, white cross-lines; dorsal fin rich 
brownish black, the edge posteriorly with a narrow, irregular, white border, sometimes interrupted 
by black; anal brown, with a narrow white edge from which extend narrow intrusions of white, some 
reaching base of fin; end of tail with a few small white spots, the tip narrowly white. 
The only known example of this species is the type, No. 50618, IT. S. N. M. (field No. 04902), a 
specimen 9.5 inches long, obtained by us at Hilo, Hawaii. 
8. Echidna zonophaea Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head 3 in trunk, or 6.5 in total; tail longer than head and trunk by a little more than the snout; 
eye 2 in snout, 1.5 in interorbital space; snout 6; interorbital space 7.75; mouth 2.8. 
Body compressed, the tail tapering rather narrowly posteriorly; head deep and compressed, 
pointed in front; snout rather long and pointed, the tip obtusely rounded and projecting consid- 
erably beyond the mandible; eye rather small, midway between tip of mandible and corner of 
