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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
serrate, last 5 or 6 on longer limb very blunt and short, pupil of eye contained 1.5 in longest; spinous 
dorsal 1.5 in depth, first 2 spines even, longer than the others and longer than base; distance from 
snout to origin of spinous dorsal one-third distance from snout to last scale on caudal; distance between 
dorsals slightly less than base of soft dorsal; soft dorsal slightly concave; caudal deeply forked, upper 
lobe longer; anal similar to soft dorsal, inserted slightly behind the latter; ventrals reaching slightly 
beyond pectoral, rays of pectoral slightly the longer; lateral line concurrent with dorsal outline; scales 
large, finely ctenoid; entire body and head scaly. 
Color in life, pale green, changing to white below; edges of scales on back and down to lateral 
line purplish brown, giving the appearance of 3 rather distinct stripes of purplish brown, with 
greenish centers on the scales; side with 2 broad yellow stripes, the upper beginning on opercle at 
level of eye and running to caudal just above lateral line, the latter being crossed under soft dorsal; 
second beginning on base of pectoral and running to base of caudal just below lateral line, this stripe 
less distinct and narrowing posteriorly; opercle bright rosy; top of head dusky; cheek white with 
some rosy; lower jaw white; barbels yellow; dorsal fins pale, each crossed by 2 or 3 brownish rosy 
bars; caudal white, upper lobe with 4 broad brownish red bars running downward and backward, 1 
at base narrow; lower lobe with similar but much broader black bars running upward and backward, 
2 of them more distinct than the others; 2 longish dark spots on inner rays; anal, ventrals, and 
pectoral pale, ventrals rather pale yellowish; iris yellowish, pink above. 
Color in alcohol, above, bluish olivaceous, the side becoming lighter, almost white on belly; 
borders of scales dusky ; first dorsal spine with 3 or 4 dark spots, and the upper posterior edge of 
membranes with dark spots; soft dorsal with 3 dark spots on anterior edge and similar spots on 
upper part of fin; caudal fin with dark bands, upper lobe with about 6, those on lower lobe 4, much 
broader; other fins pale. 
This species resembles Upeneus vitlatus (Forskal), described from Djidda, Arabia, but the latter 
has the belly abruptly deep yellow in life. 
This is an abundant and important food fish at Honolulu, where we obtained 10 specimens and 
where 4 others were collected by Dr. Jenkins in 1889. It is equally common at Hilo and in Pearl 
Harbor. It lives in shallow water along quiet shores, and is known as “ Weke” or “ Weke Puco.” 
The following is our list of specimens: 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
Final disposition of 
specimen. 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
Final disposition of 
specimen. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
02999 
8.5 
Honolulu. 
Type, No. 50667, U.S.N.M. 
03795 
10.25 
Honolulu. 
Cotype, No. 3954, Field Col . 
03019 
10 
do 
Cotype, No. 7477, L. S. Jr. 
Mus. 
Univ. Mus. 
03796 
10 
do 
Cotype, No.9817,Ind. Univ. 
0314S 
10.5 
do 
Cotype, No. 2726, U.S.F.C. 
Mus. 
03288 
8 
do 
Cotype, No. 1704, Bishop 
03797 
8.5 
do 
Cotype, No. 1500, Cal. Ac. 
Mus. 
Sci. 
03791 
10 
do 
Cotype, No. M. C. Z. 
O.F.J. 
03793 
9. 25 
do — 
Cotype, No. 2299, Am. Mus. 
135 
9 
do 
8 
do 
03794 
12.5 
do 
Cotype, No. 24227, Ac. Nat. 
8 
do — 
Sci. Phila. 
10.5 
do — 
XJpeneoides vittatus, Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 71, 1S77 (Honolulu); not of Forskal. 
Family POMACENTRIDAi. The Demoiselles. 
33. Glyphisodon sindonis Jordan & Evermann, new' species. 
Head 3.5 in length; depth 1.75; eye 3.4 in head; snout 3.5; maxillary 3.4; interorbital 2.8; D. 
xii, 19; A. ii, 15; scales 4-28-9, 22 pores. 
Body short and deep, dorsal outline evenly arched from tip of snout to soft dorsal; head deeper 
than long, compressed; snout short and conic; mouth small, horizontal, lower jaw slightly shorter; 
maxillary reaching to anterior edge of orbit; a single row of small, rather blunt, slightly compressed 
teeth on each jaw; preopercle entire, opercle ending in 2 small flat spines, upper very small and 
obscure; eye anterior, high, its lower edge above upper base of pectoral; interorbital broad, steep and 
convex; fins large, origin of dorsal over base of ventrals, its distance from tip of snout equal to dis- 
tance from base of last ray to tip of upper caudal lobe; spines strong and long, first 0.7 of fourth, which 
is 1.9 in head and of same length as following spines; middle dorsal rays produced, longest ray 1.25 in 
