FISHES FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Family PLEURONECTM. The Flounders. 
55 . Eng-yprosopon hawaiiensis Jordan & Evennann, new species. 
Head 3.8 in length; depth 1.75; eye 3.25 in head; snout 4.25; interorbital 6.3; maxillary 2.8; D. 79, 
A. 56; P. i, 10; V. i, 5; scales 14-46-15. 
Body elongate, deep, rather ovoid, greatest depth about end of pectoral; head very deep, its length 
0.7 ip depth; upper profile very convex in front, steep; snout short, obtuse; jaws small, produced a 
little, the mandible slightly projecting; lips rather thin; mouth curved a little, very oblique, the small 
maxillary reaching a little beyond front margin of eye; teeth in jaws very small, sharp-pointed; eyes 
well separated, lower anterior, placed in first third of head, the upper about two-fifths an eye diameter 
posterior; nostrils close together, with elevated rims: interorbital space a little more than half an eye 
diameter in width, deeply concave; gill-opening small; gillrakers rather short; scales large, finely 
ctenoid, very small on rays of vertical fins; lateral line strongly arched at first for first two-ninths its 
length, then straight to base of caudal; dorsal beginning on snout, the anterior rays free for only a 
short portion of their extremities, first 5 in head, fiftieth 2.1, this the highest region of the fin; anal 
more or less similar, first 3.25, thirtieth 2; caudal rounded, middle rays longest, 1.1; pectoral short, 
pointed, 1.4; ventrals rather broad, base of left 3, first and last rays about equal; right ventral smaller; 
caudal peduncle compressed, its depth 1.9. 
Color in alcohol, dark olivaceous brown, fins dark gray-brown, each ray finely specked with oliv- 
aceous brown; left pectoral specked with. dark brown, right pectoral dull creamy or brownish white 
like the right side of body. 
Type, No. 50657, U. S. N. M., taken at Hilo, the only example we have seen, 3 inches long. 
56 . Engyprosopon arenicola Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head 3.6 in length; depth 1.9; eye 4.3 in head; maxillary 3; D. 78; A. 57; P. i, 11; V. 5; scales 
14-36-17. Body elongate, very deep, rather ovoid, the greatest depth at tip of pectoral; head much 
deeper than long, the upper profile steep, strongly convex; snout obtuse; jaws very oblique, mandible 
slightly projecting; maxillary very oblique, reaching below anterior margin of eye; lips rather thin, 
fleshy, fringed along margins; teeth in jaws minute, sharp-pointed; eyes close together, lower anterior 
placed about first third of length of head; upper eye about one-third an eye diameter posterior; 
nostrils well separated, with raised fleshy rims forming a flap; interorbital space very narrow, concave; 
gill-opening rather small, restricted to side; gillrakers small, short, few; scales large, finely ctenoid; 
lateral line strongly arched for anterior fourth of its length, then straight to base of caudal; anterior 
dorsal rays free distally for one-half their length, first ray 3 in head, forty-fifth 1.8, which is the 
highest region of the fin; anal similar to dorsal, but anterior rays not free for half their length; first 
ray 3.5, thirtieth 1.8; caudal elongate, median rays longest, equal to head; pectoral short, pointed, 1.5; 
ventrals rather large, the left with its base 5 in head, first ray 3.6, last 2.6, almost entirely in front of 
the right, which is much •smaller; caudal peduncle broad, compressed, its depth 2.2 in head. 
Color in alcohol, very pale brown; side marked with many large incomplete rings of blackish or 
dusky and with a number of dusky spots in between; fins whitish, the vertical or unpaired with large 
blackish spots on membranes between rays and similar small ones scattered about, those of caudal 
forming about 4 crossbands; several dusky spots at base of pectoral; right side whitish. 
We have seen but 2 examples, both taken at Hilo: Type, No. 50658, U. S. N. M., 2.5 inches long. 
Cotype, No. 7471, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus., 1.9 inches long. 
Family ANTENNARIIM. 
57 . Antennarius drombus Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Head (to end of opercle) 2.5 in length; depth 1.75; eye 5 in head; snout 4; width of mouth 2; 
D. i-i-12; A. 7; P. 12; V. 5. 
Body very deep, compressed, back elevated; head deep, with blunt conic profile in front, some- 
what oblique above; snout broad, obtuse, surface uneven; mouth broad, large, nearly vertical; maxil- 
lary concealed under skin, reaching below anterior part of eye; lips fleshy; teeth in jaws minute, in 
narrow bands; teeth on palatines rather large, sharp-pointed, none on vomer; tongue broad, thick; 
