REPORT ON FISHES COLLECTED IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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with a fringe of short, fleshy barbels; teeth sharp, in a single series in each jaw and on vomer; 
anterior nostrils with conspicuous fleshy tubes on the lower surface of snout; interorbital space convex, 
about equaling eye; gill-opening low, space between broad; head with numerous pores; lateral line 
developed throughout whole length of body and tail; skin smooth; origin of dorsal fin midway between 
tip of snout and gill-opening; height of dorsal about half depth of body; anal about equal to dorsal. 
Color in alcohol, general color, brownish yellow, lighter below, with silvery areas; the upper half 
of body darker by being covered with numerous minute points of black. 
This description is based on a single specimen, 10.2 inches in length, obtained by Mr. R. Cl 
McGregor, from Lahaina, Maui, in February, 1900. (Type, No. 50721, U. S. N. M.) 
Pis. 2 . — Microdonophis macgregori Jenkins, new species. Type. 
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Fig. 3 . — Murssna lampra Jenkins, new species. Type. 
Family VII. MUR/£N1D£. 
10. Muraena lampra Jenkins, new species. “ Puhi-o-u.” 
Body compressed; posterior nostril with a tentacle as long as diameter of eye; head 7.2 in total 
length; depth slightly more than 2 in head; snout 6 in head; eye 1.65 in snout; posterior margin of eye 
slightly nearer angle of mouth than is anterior margin to tip of snout; vent nearer tip of snout than 
tip of tail by half length of head; teeth long, pointed, smaller ones interspersed in 2 series on posterior 
portion of upper jaw; 2 very long, pointed, depressible teeth on vomer, one behind the other, followed 
by a single series of smaller teeth; gill-opening a very small, narrow slit without color marking; 
