FISHES FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Color in alcohol, pale yellowish-white, brightest above, more silvery on side and belly; opercular 
bones with fine round brownish specks; edge of opercle not black, scarcely dusky; axil dusky inside 
but not showing above fin; fins pale yellowish-white without any dark on edges. 
Type, No. 50631, U. S. N. M. (field No. 04829), a fine specimen 9.5 inches long, obtained by us at 
Hilo, Hawaii. 
M. argyromus is related to M. berndti, but is distinguished by the more slender body, the absence 
of black on the opercle, and the paler axil. It does not appear to be abundant and is represented 
in our collections by only 8 specimens. All the other specimens are taken as cotypes. The data 
regarding each will be found in the following list: 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
Final disposition of specimen. 
01829 
Inches. 
9.5 
Ililo 
Type, No. 50631, U. S. N. M. 
04830 
9.0 
Honolulu. . 
Cotype, No. 7453, L. S. . Jr.Univ. Mus. 
04835 
6.5 
do 
Cotype, No. 1690, Bishop Mus. 
048-40 
6.5 
do 
Cotype, No. 2284, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 
04877 
9.0 
Honolulu. . 
Cotype, No. 2703, U. S. F. C. 
04879 
8.0 
do 
Cotype, No. , M. C. Z. 
01880 
7.5 
do 
Cotype, No. 9803, Ind. Univ. Mus. 
04881 
9.0 
do 
Cotype, No. 3949, Field Col. Mus. 
16. Myripristis symmetricus Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head 3.2 in length; depth 2.4; eye 2.2 in head; snout 5; interorbital 3.8; D. x-i, 15; A. iv, 14; 
P. i, 14; V. i, 7; scales 4-36-6. 
Body elongate, deep, compressed, greatest depth about midway between origin of ventrals and anal; 
upper and lower profiles evenly convex; head compressed, as long as deep, its width 1.7 in its length; 
snout short, broad, blunt, and steep; upper profile of head straight from above nostril to occiput; eye 
very large, high, hardly infringing upon the upper profile of head, its diameter greater than postocular 
region; mouth very large, oblique; mandible slightly projecting, and reaching posteriorly to below 
posterior rim of pupil; distal expanded extremity of maxillary 2.35 in eye; several enlarged blunt 
teeth on outer front edges of mandible; teeth in jaws, on vomer, and palatines very fine, in bands; 
tongue thick, pointed, free; suborbital rim narrow, finely serrate; lower posterior margin of maxillary 
smooth; lips rather thick and fleshy; nostrils close together, posterior very large, close to front rim of 
orbit; bones of head all finely serrate; opercle with well-developed spine; gill-opening large, filaments 
large; gillrakers long, fine, longest longer than longest gill-filament; pseudobranchiae very large; dorsal 
spines slender, sharp, first 2.75 in head, second 2.1, third 2, fourth 1.9, tenth 6, and last 3.6; soft 
dorsal with anterior rays elevated, produced into a point which projects beyond tip of posterior rays 
when fin is depressed, first ray 1.4 in head, third 1.35, and last 3.75; anal spines graduated to last, 
third enlarged, 2.5 in head, fourth 2.9; soft anal similar to soft dorsal, anterior rays produced, first 1.4, 
third 1.3, and last 4.6; caudal elongate, deeply forked, the lobes pointed, 1.2 in head, and reaching 
slightly behind tips of ventrals; ventrals sharp-pointed, 1.4 in head, spine 2.2; caudal peduncle 
elongate, compressed, its length 1.8 and its depth 3.2; scales large, finely ctenoid, deep on middle of 
side; lateral line running obliquely back, slightly curved at first, and posteriorly along upper side of 
caudal peduncle; 4 rudimentary, slender, sharp-pointed, graduated rays along upper and lower edges 
of caudal; scales narrowly imbricated along middle of side. 
Color in alcohol, pale straw-color; fins paler, except the anterior dorsal and anal rays, which are 
grayish; margin of opercle above blackish; axil of pectoral black. 
This species was found both at Honolulu and Hilo, but does not appear to be abundant. Only 4 
specimens are in our collections: 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
Final disposition of specimen. 
04866 
04864 
04865 
04924 
Inches. 
5.5 
5.5 
5.5 
5.0 
Hilo 
do 
do 
Honolulu 
Type, No. 50632, U. S. N. M. 
Cotype, No. 7454, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. 
Cotype, No. 2704, U. S. F. C. 
Cotype, No. 3950, Field Col. Mus. 
