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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
part of soft dorsal black at base, then lighter, narrowly tipped with dark; anal dark brown, with a 
subterminal stripe of yellowish white along edge of fin; pectoral and ventrals pale. 
The above description based upon the type, No. 50638, U. S. N. M. (field No. 01452), a large 
example 27 inches long, from Honolulu. 
This species somewhat resembles Carangus rnarginatus, from which it differs in the much more 
slender body, larger eye, and dark anal fin. The type is the only example obtained 
Family SERRANID+L The Sea-basses. 
21. Pikea aurora Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head 2.5 in length; depth 3; eye 5 in head; snout 4; interorbital 6.2; maxillary 2.25; D. vm, 
13; A. iii, 8; scales 5-55-22; Br. 7; gillrakers short and rather weak, about 9+5. 
Body moderately stout, the back slightly elevated, head rather long and pointed; snout depressed, 
the anterior profile nearly straight from tip of snout to Occiput; mouth large, maxillary reaching 
posterior margin of pupil, supplemental bone not developed, the tip broad, 1.5 in orbit; mouth some- 
what oblique, the lower jaw strongly projecting; teeth in broad villiform bands on jaws, vomer, and 
palatines; tongue naked; eye moderate, high up, chiefly above axis of body; anterior nostril in a short 
tube at edge of prenasal; posterior nostril small, round, near upper anterior edge of orbit; edge of 
preopercle slightly dentate, especially on lower arm; opercle ending in a broad flap with a weak, flat 
spine; pseudobranchise rather small; interorbital low, very little convex; caudal peduncle stout, com- 
pressed, and very deep, the depth equaling snout and eye; fins rather small; origin of dorsal posterior to 
that of pectoral, slightly nearer base of last ray than tip of snout; dorsal spines low and weak, the third 
longest, 3.6 in head; soft portion of dorsal somewhat elevated and pointed, with longest ray 1.9 in head; 
anal similar to soft dorsal but smaller and somewhat posterior, fifth ray 2 in head ; caudal truncate or 
slightly lunate; ventrals short, not nearly reaching vent, their length 1.75 in head; pectoral rather long 
and slender, reaching origin of anal, its length about 1.4 in head; scales rather small, finely ciliate, 
somewhat loose; entire head, except interorbital, snout, and under parts, scaled; lateral line well devel- 
oped, complete, with a strong arch above the pectoral and distinctly decurved under last dorsal ray. 
Color in life (field No. 03342), top of head, upper half of anterior part of body, and whole posterior 
half of body pale rosy; lower part, of head, and lower parts of anterior half of body white with faint 
rosy wash; top of head and back in front of dorsal vermiculated with greenish yellow lines; middle 
portion of upper jaw yellow with a broad sulphur-yellow stripe from it to eye, then back of eye to 
opercular opening; a narrow sulphur stripe on posterior edge of maxillary and continued interruptedly 
downward and backward across cheek to opercle; a few small yellow spots across cheek between 
the two stripes; tip of lower jaw yellow; yellow of back in about 6 indefinite lines; dorsal pale rosy, 
spinous part greenish yellow at base, this extending toward tip posteriorly and forming a submarginal 
yellow stripe on soft part, narrowly bordered above by rosy; rest of fin rosy; caudal dark rosy, paler 
toward tip, then with blackish red edge, a greenish yellow stripe along upper and lower margins nar- 
rowly edged with rosy; anal yellow anteriorly, rest of fin pale rosy; pectoral and ventrals pale rosy; 
yellow of lower jaw bounded by rosy, rest of jaw and chin whitish; some examples with posterior 
half of side with scattered small greenish yellow spots, these extending on caudal; eye with a broad 
brown bar through the middle, white above and below. 
Color in alcohol, pale yellowish white, lighter below; body, especially posteriorly, caudal, and soft 
dorsal fins with numerous small distinct brown spots; head pale, a white line extending along upper 
edge of maxillary and across cheek to opercular opening, a similar but less distinct white line from eye 
to upper edge of gill-opening; between these 2 a few white specks; all the fins except caudal and soft 
dorsal plain yellowish white. 
Four specimens of this interesting and handsome species were obtained by us, 2 at Honolulu and 
2 at Hilo. Four others are in the collection made at Honolulu in 1898 by Dr. Wood. 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
Final disposition of specimen. 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
05232 
Inches. 
6.2 
Hilo 
Type, No. 50675, U. S. N. M. 
O. P.J. 
403 
Inches. 
4.5 
Honolulu. 
05233 
4.8 
do .... 
Cotype, No. 3971, Field Col. Mus. 
682 
5. 25 
Do. 
05231 
5. 75 
Honolulu. 
Cotype, No. 7484, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. 
687 
6 
Do. 
03312 
5.2 
do 
Cot.ype, No. 2734, U. S. F. C. 
6074 
6 
Do. 
