FISHES FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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opening large, filaments rather large; gillrakers long, fine, longest longer than longest gill-filaments; 
pseudobranchise very large, outer portions free for half their length; dorsal spines slender, first 3.4 in 
head, second 2.6, third 2.2, fourth 2.2, tenth 6.4, and last 3.5; anterior dorsal rays elevated, produced 
into a point, first 1.8, second 1.7, and last 8; first and second anal spines short, third 2.6, and fourth 
2.8; soft anal similar to soft dorsal, anterior ray 1.75, third 1.8, and last 6; caudal forked, lobes pointed, 
1.2; pectoral rather small, pointed, 1.4; ventral 1.6, reaching .65 distance to anus; caudal peduncle 
elongate, compressed, 2.2 in head, its depth 3.25; scales large, ctenoid, deep; lateral line slightly 
arched, running obliquely down on side along upper part of caudal peduncle; 4 rudimentary caudal 
rays above and below, slender, sharp-pointed, and graduated. 
Color in life (No. 03370), deep red, with silvery luster; no stripes on side, a blood-red band across 
gill-opening and base of pectoral; fins deep red, without white edgings, distal half of spinous dorsal 
shading into orange. 
Color in alcohol, pale straw-color, fins plain and paler; upper margin of opercle blackish, and axil 
of pectoral black; anterior margins of soft dorsal and anal Whitish. 
We take pleasure in naming this species for Mr. Louis E. Berndt, superintendent of the Honolulu 
market. Described from an example (No. 03346) taken at Honolulu, where the species is rather 
common. Our collections contain the following specimens: 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
Final disposition of 
specimen. 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
Final disposition of 
specimen. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
'• 03346 
9 
Honolulu. 
Type, No. 50627, U. S. N. M. 
04870 
9 
Honolulu. 
Cotype, No. 3947, Field 
03370 
8 
do 
Cotype, No. 16818, Bishop Mus. 
Col. Mus. 
04834 
8 
do.... 
Cotype, No. , M. C. Z. 
04872 
8 
do .... 
Cotype, No. 24212, Ac. 
04836 
7 
do — 
Cotype, No. 2701, U.S. F.C.. 
Nat. Sci. Phila 
04849 
7 
do 
Cotype, No. 2282, Am. Mus, 
04873 
8.5 
do 
Cotype, No. 7451, L. S.Jr.* 
Nat. Hist. 
Univ. Mus. 
04850 
7 
do 
Cotype, No. 1489, Cal. Ac. Sci. 
04874 
7 
do 
04856 
7 
do 
Cotype, No. 50628, U. S. N. M. 
04878 
7 
do 
04857 
8.5 
do 
Cotype, No. 9801, Mus. Ind. 
04882 
7 
do 
Univ. 
04885 
8 
do.... 
04891 
9 
do .... 
14. Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.5; eye 2.4 in head; snout 5.5; maxillary 1.9; mandible 1.8; inter- 
orbital 5; D. x-i, 14; A. iv, 12; scales 4-34-6. 
Body short, stout, and compressed; dorsal profile evenly convex from tip of snout to origin of soft 
dorsal; ventral outline nearly straight to origin of anal whose base is equally oblique with that of 
soft dorsal; caudal peduncle short but slender, and not greatly compressed, its length from base of last 
dorsal ray to first short spinous caudal ray 1.3 in eye, its least width about 3 in its least depth which is 
1.8 in eye; head heavy, short; mouth moderately large, the gape in closed mouth reaching vertical of 
middle of eye; maxillary very broad, triangular, reaching nearly to vertical of posterior line of eye, 
with a broad, curved supplemental border; surface of maxillary roughly striated, anterior edge near 
the angle strongly dentate; lower jaw strong, somewhat projecting, the tip with 2 rounded rough 
prominences fitting into a distinct notch in upper jaw; teeth short, in narrow villiform bands in jaws 
and on palatines, a small patch on vomer, none on tongue; eye very large, orbit exceeding postocular 
part of head; lower edge of eye on level with axis of body; snout short, 2 in orbit; interorbital space 
nearly flat, strongly rugose; 2 long ridges from preorbitals to nape; outside of these a short ridge 
beginning above front of pupil, extending backward and branching upon nape; supraocular ridge 
spinescent posteriorly; suborbital narrow, strongly dentate below, upper edge in front somewhat 
roughened; opercular bones all strongly toothed; opercular spine short and obscure (stronger in most 
of the cotypes); dorsal spines slender, fifth longest and strongest, its length 2.5 in head; first dorsal 
spine somewhat posterior to base of pectoral, its length 2 in eye, spines gradually shorter from fifth; 
space between dorsals very short, about equal to length of tenth spine; dorsal rays long, length of 
longest a little greater than orbit, last equal to pupil; first anal spine very short, second short and 
triangular, its length about 1.5 in pupil; third anal spine long, strong and straight, longer than fourth, 
its length equal to diameter of orbit; fourth anal spine slender, its length 1.3 in orbit; anal rays longer 
than those of dorsal; caudal widely forked, lobes equal, their length 1.5 in head; pectoral long and 
narrow, its length 1.4 in head, the tip reaching past tips of ventrals; ventrals slender, pointed, nearly 
reaching vent and nearly as long as pectoral. 
