202 
BULLETIN OP THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
olive; axillary region wine-brown, finely mottled with yellowish white in streaks and spots; a few 
round black spots behind and in axil; inside of pectoral with a large jet-black blotch at upper part of 
base, bordered with orange; around this a large yellow area, then 6 oblong black spots on the mem- 
branes of upper rays above middle, then a broad rose-red band, fading into violet below, the rim gray; 
ventrals bright brown and gray, red shaded on inner face; inside of branchiostegals salmon-color, 
striped with white, the membranes yellow; membranes of upper jaw salmon-color mottled with light 
yellow; tip of upper jaw orange with a golden ridge dividing a triangular spot of iiuligo-blue between 
vomer and premaxillary; a golden line on each side in front of palatines; tip of tongue light yellow; 
a triangular indigo-colored spot behind teeth of tip of lower jaw; a golden streak behind it on membrane 
before tongue; lower lip salmon-color especially behind where hidden. 
Color in alcohol, dark purplish, beautifully mottled with dusky and darker; head mottled above 
with dusky; fins with many fine dusky and brown wavy lines; base of pectoral both outside and 
inside brownish, the latter variegated with white and blackish brown; outer portion of inside of 
pectoral covering first 5 rays with a series of broad blackish spots; ventrals more or less brownish 
variegated with gray and whitish; body whitish, mottled with pale brown; edges of buccal folds, 
inside of mouth, deep yellow; a deep blue blotch direct!)' behind teeth in front of each jaw. 
This species is related to Scorpsena gibbosa (well figured by Gunther in Fische der Siidsee), 
from which it differs in the much rougher and less depressed head, much larger flaps on opercles and 
mandible, and the presence of a very large fringed flap on the anterior nostril, this being obsolete in 
S. gibbosa. We have compared our specimens with examples of S. gibbosa from Apia. 
This species was obtained both at Honolulu and Hilo, and appears to be not uncommon. Our 
collections contain 8 excellent examples, as follows: 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
Final disposition of specimen. 
05298 
Inches. 
9.5 
Honolulu 
Type, No. 50651, U. S. N. M. 
03382 
9.3 
do 
Cotype, No. 7466, L. S. Jr. Univ.Mus. 
03521 
6.8 
do 
Cotype, No. 2717, U. S. F. C. 
05294 
7. 75 
do 
Cotype, No. 1698, Bishop Mus. 
05295 
6 
do 
Cotype, No. , M. C. '/. 
05296 
8.2 
Hilo 
Cotvpe, No. 3966, Field Col. Mus. 
05299 
7.5 
Honolulu 
Cotype, No. 2293, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 
G. 3 
Hilo 
Cotype, No. 24221, Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila. 
49. Dendrochirus hudsoni Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head 2.5 in length; depth 2.5; eye 3.4 in head; snout 3.3; interorbital 5; maxillary 2.1; mandible 
1.8; D. xm, 10; A. in, 6; P. 18; V. i, 5; scales 8-52-13. 
Body elongate, compressed, rather deep, the greatest depth at fifth dorsal spine; profiles of trunk 
above and below more or less even; head compressed; snout short, rounded; mouth large, maxillary 
nearly reaching below middle of eye, its distal expanded extremity equal to half eye; minute teeth in 
bands in jaws and on vomer; lips thin; tongue pointed, compressed, free in front; jaws nearly equal; 
anterior nostrils each with a small fleshy flap; interorbital space deeply concave; fifth dorsal spine 
longest, 1.25 in head; penultimate spine 5.2; second anal spine longest, 2.1 ; third anal ray longest, 1.3; 
caudal rounded, 1.25; pectoral 2.4 in trunk, reaching below middle of base of soft dorsal, rounded, and 
only membranes between lower rays slightly incised; ventral rounded, reaching base of first anal ray; 
caudal peduncle compressed, its least depth 3.5 in head; nasal spines very small; preocular, postocular, 
tympanic and coronal spines present; parietal and nuchal spines forming a single ridge; a ridge of 
spines behind eye above opercle; a ridge of spines below eye, ending in a spine on margin of pre- 
opercle; 2 spines below this also on margin of preopercle; no opercular spines; margin of preopercle 
with spine projecting down and back; skinny flap above eye equal to its diameter, and another from 
preorbital spine; scales small, ctenoid; head naked except some scales on opercle, cheek, and side 
above; lateral line running obliquely down to base of caudal. 
Color in alcohol, pale brown or whitish; side with 3 pairs of deep brown vertical bands, first on 
posterior part of head preceded by a deep brown streak from below eye, second on middle and posterior 
part of spinous dorsal, and third extending out on soft anal and basal portion of soft dorsal; soft 
dorsal, caudal, and anal pale or whitish; membranes of dorsal spines deeply incised in front, each 
