434 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
D. 25; .'.27; greatest depth of body at base of ventrals 13 in length; head with beak 3.75 in 
length; snout 1.5 in head; eye 2 in postorbital part of head; interorbital slightly greater than eye; 
suborbital very narrow, about 7 in eye; pectoral a little greater than greatest depth of body, equal to 
distance from front of eye to margin of opercle; ventrals shorter, equal to distance from center of eye 
to margin of opercle, their bases midway between the bases of median caudal rays and front of arched 
part of upper mandible; front part of dorsal and anal falciform; longest rays of dorsal equaling distance 
from front of ventral to posterior margin of opercle; longest rays of anal equal pectoral, and equaling 
distance from front of eye to posterior margin of opercle; caudal forked, lower lobe the longer; pos- 
terior dorsal rays longer than the median ones. 
Quite abundant, being brought in numbers to the market. It is esteemed as a good food-fish. 
Below hians Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xviii, 432, 1846, Bahia; Havana. 
Athlennes Mans Jordan & Evermann. Fishes North and Mid. Amer., I, 718, 1896 (West Indies). 
Family XV. HEMI RHAMPHIDtE. 
36. Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus). 
Color in life, dark blue on top of head and body, silvery below; ventral side of beak red, tip 
orange, upper side dark. 
Abundant at Honolulu, large numbers being brought to the market for sale. Several specimens 
were obtained by me. In comparing them with others from the West Indies, no other structural 
differences could be noted than the slightly longer pectoral fin, as may be seen from the table. 
Comparative measurements of specimens of II. brasiliensis from, West Indies and Hawaiian Islands. 
Hawaiian Islands. 
West Indies. 
No. 
1308. 
No. 
186. 
No. 
10328. 
No. 
10332. 
No. 
11176. 
No. 
11175. 
Length (from tip of upper jaw) . . 
. . . mm . . 
267 
247 
235 
238 
236 
179 
170 
185 
184 
203 
172 
Head (from tip of upper jaw ) . . . 
. . .mm. . 
24 
23 
23 
23 
22 
23 
24 
23 
24 
23 
25 
Depth 
...mm.. 
15| 
16 
14 
15 
14 
15 
14 
16 
15 
16 
16 
27 
28 
28 
25 
27 
29 
29 
19 
20 
99 
19 
20 
21 
21 
17' + 
18 + 
17 + 
11 
il£ 
12 
11 
11 
104 
ii 
Tip of snout to ventrals 
mm . . 
66 
67 
67 
67 
66 
67 
66 
67 
67 
70 
68 
Ventral to last vertebra 
mm. . 
33 
34 
36 
33 
36 
36 
36 
34 
33 
33 
33 
Eve 
mm. . 
7 
6 
6 
6 
6 
7 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
Interorbital 
mm . . 
51 
5 
54 
54 
5 
6i 
5£ 
5£ 
54 
■54 
51 
Snout 
8 
8 
7£ 
8 
8 
6i 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
Dorsal rays 
15 
14 
14 
13 
14 
14 
15 
14 
14 
14 
14 
Anal rays 
13 
13 
13 
12 
13 
12 
12 
12 
12 
13 
12 
Scales in lateral line 
55 
57 
56 
56 
54 
53 
53 
54 
53 
55 
54 
Esox brasiliensis Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 1758, 314. 
Hemiramphus depauperatus Lay & Bennett, Zoology Beechey’s Voyage, Fishes, 66, 1839, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands; Fowler, 
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phila, 1900, 499 (Hawaiian Islands). 
Hemiramphus pleii , Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xix, 15, 1846 (Antilles). 
Hemiramphus macrochirus, Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 299, 1856-58 (1861) (Cuba). 
37. Euleptorhamphus longirostris (Cuvier). 
This is the first record of E. longirostris from the Hawaiian Islands. It is brought to the markets 
in numbers and sold for food. Seven specimens, 16 to 18 inches in length. 
Color in life, dark above, a longitudinal silvery band on the side; belly white; beak black. 
Hemirhamphus longirostris Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 2, ii, 286, 1829, Indies: Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xix, 
52, 1846 (Pondicherry). 
Family XVI. EX0C(ETID£. 
38. Evolantia microptera (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
This is the first record of the species from the Hawaiian Islands. Eight specimens, 6 to 7 inches 
in length, were obtained. 
