FISHES FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Family SCORP^ENIDd?. The Rockfishes. 
47 . Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head 2.4 in length; depth 2.65; eye 3.8 in head; snout 3.2; interorbital 5.2; maxillary 2 35; 
mandible 2; D. xiii, 11; A. in, 7; P. 16; V. i, 5; scales 10-56-13. 
Body elongate, compressed, greatest depth at first dorsal spines; back only slightly elev^sed; 
snout rather short, rounded; mouth large, oblique; maxillary reaching below anterior rim of orbit, 
its distal expanded extremity 1.75 in eye; teeth fine, in bands in jaws and on vomer; lips rather 
thin, fleshy; tongue pointed, compressed and free in front; jaws nearly equal; eighth dorsal spine 
longest, equal to head; penultimate spine 4; fifth dorsal ray 1.75; third anal spine longest, 2.2; third 
anal ray longest, 1.5; caudal rounded, elongate, 1.4; pectoral long, the rays more or less free for 
at least half their length; ventral 1.3 in head, reaching beyond origin of anal; ventral spine 2.1; 
caudal peduncle compressed, its depth 3.75; nasal spine very small; preocular, supraocular and post- 
ocular spines present, the upper bony ridge over eye being serrate; tympanic, coronal, parietal, 
and nuchal spines present, coronal very small and close together and parietal with 4 serrations; a 
finely serrate ridge from behind eye over opercle to suprascapula; a finely serrated ridge over 
preorbital and cheek to margin of preopercle, ending in a strong spine, below this 2 other spines; 
preorbital with a strong spine over maxillary posteriorly, and with fine serrations above; scales 
ctenoid, present on top of head, cheeks, and opercles, head otherwise naked; tubes of lateral line 
single, in straight line to base of caudal; several fleshy flajis on head, 1 above eye, 1 from lower 
preorbital spine, and 2 from along margin of preopercle. 
Color in alcohol, very pale brown, whitish beneath; side with 9 broad, deep brown bands alternat- 
ing with narrow brown bands on trunk and posterior portion of head; narrow brown bars from below 
penultimate dorsal spine with a narrower brown line on each side above lateral line; lower surface of 
head whitish, without crossbands; spinous and soft dorsal and caudal each with 4 dusky brown cross- 
bands; base of anal with 2 broad similar bands, and soft portion of anal with 3 series of irregular 
crossbands; axil of pectoral above with white blotch; pectoral whitish with 10 blackish crossbands; a 
brown band in front of base of pectoral extending on lower pectoral rays; ventral with dusky blotch 
at base, outer portion with about 5 dusky crossbands. 
The only example we have seen of this species is the type, No. 50650, U. S. N. M. (field No. 05030), 
6 inches long, obtained by us at Honolulu. 
48 . Scorpsenopsis catocala Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head 2.1 in length; depth 2.75; eye 7.25 in head; snout 3.1; interorbital 4.3; maxillary 1.8; D. 
xn, 10; A. hi, 5; P. 18; V. i, 5; scales 9-42-22. 
Body elongate, greatest depth at first dorsal spines; back elevated, swollen, or convex, below first 
dorsal spines; snout rather long, with an elevated prominence; mouth large, oblique; maxillary large, 
expanded extremity broad, 6.5 in head; teeth in broad villiform bands in jaws, those on vomer small; 
no teeth on palatines; tongue small, pointed, free in front; lips rather thick, fleshy; eye small, a little 
in front of middle of length of head; a deep pit below eye; top of head with deep square pit just behind 
interorbital space; anterior nostril with broad fleshy flap; posterior large, without flap; four spines on 
side of snout above anterior nostril; preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, parietal, and nuchal 
spines present; a series of spines running across cheek below eye; several large spines on lower part of 
preopercle; several spines on opercle; side of head above with many small spines; suprascapular with 
several small spines; dorsal spines rather strong, third longest, 3.75 in head; last dorsal spine 3.8; 
second dorsal ray 2.7; second anal spine enlarged, a little ionger than the third, 3.4 in head; first anal 
ray longest, 2.4 in head; caudal rounded, 2 in head; pectoral large, lower rays thick, fleshy, curved 
inward; sixth pectoral ray 1.7 in head, lowest 3.7; base of pectoral broad, 2.25; ventral spine strong, 
3.1 in head, second ray longest, 1.9; the innermost ray joined by a broad membrane to belly; caudal 
peduncle compressed, its depth 4 in head; head and body with many fringed fleshy flaps; scales mod- 
erately large, ctenoid. 
Color in life (field No. 03382), excessively mottled, streaked, and spotted; body dark purplish 
brown or claret shaded, the spaces gray tinged with sulphury yellow; head all dull brown, flaps colored 
like the space about; belly to axillary region whitish with reticulations and irregular marks of yellowish 
