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Family XVII. AULOSTOMIDtE. 
44. Aulostomus valentini (Bleeker). “ Nunu.” 
Color in life (field Nos. 165 and 179), dark brown, with light crossbars, about 17 in number, 
between eye and dorsal fin, 5 others posteriorly; also about 4 longitudinal whitish bands, much more 
distinct when the fish is alive in the water; base of dorsal and anal black, with the anterior portion of 
each red, posterior portion of each paler but also tinged with red; caudal olivaceous, a black spot on 
upper margin and one opposite on lower margin; posterior to these spots the margins are red; a black 
line extending forward from each eye, meeting along snout, this interrupted with about 5 whitish bars 
across snout; ventrals each with a spot at base. Although there were individual variations from the 
above, I did not see any of the bright yellow forms figured by Gunther in Fische der Siidsee. 
This species is fairly abundant at Honolulu, where I caught four specimens with a dip-net off the 
wharf, ranging from 6.5 to 8 inches in length. One specimen (field No. 03583) was obtained by the 
Albatross in 1896. Three others, each 13.5 inches in length, are in Dr. Wood’s collection. Others 
much longer were seen. They are very beautiful objects in the water. They are able to dart with 
great rapidity through the water and were seen frequently feeding on something at the surface. 
Polypterichthys valentini Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Indie, iv, 1853, 608, Ternate. 
Aulostoma sinensis Schlegel, Faun. Japon., Poiss., 320. 
Aulostoma chinen&e , Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 74, 1877 (Honolulu); Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, ixx, 
1900, 502 (Honolulu, Laysan); Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, vn, 221, pi. 123, figs. B and C,1881 (Hawaiian Islands). 
Aulostomus chinensis, Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 500 (Oahu). 
Family XVIII. FISTU LARIDtE. 
45. Fistularia petimba Lacepede. 
This species is quite abundant at Honolulu. Thirteen examples were taken by me in 1889, and 
2ft were collected by the Albatross in 1899 at Tahiti. 
Fistularia petimba LacOpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 349, 1803, New Britain. Isle of Reunion, equatorial Pacific. 
Fistularia depressct Gunther, Rep. Shore Fishes, Challenger, 69, pi. 32, fig. D, 1880, Sulu Archipelago. 
46. Fistularia serrata Cuvier. 
Color in life, upper parts dark drab; lower white; tips of dorsal and anal and lobes of caudal rosy 
with dusky shades; pectoral transparent. Fifteen specimens were taken by me at Honolulu. 
Fistularia serrata Cuvier, ROgne Animal, ed. I, vol. u, 349, 1817, America; after Bloch; Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 
74, 1877 (Honolulu). 
Fistularia petimba Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xxvi, 67, 1902 (Japan). 
Family XIX. ATHERINIM. The Silversides. 
47. Atherina insularum Jordan & Evermann. 
Head 4 in length ; depth 4.75; eye 3 in head; snout 4; interorbital 2.8; maxillary 2.5; mandible 
2.2; D. vi-i, 11; A. 17; scales 46, 6 rows from anterior base of anal upward and forward to spinous 
dorsal. Body oblong, compressed; head triangular, the sides compressed, top fiat; mouth large, oblique, 
maxillary reaching front of pupil, lower jaw included; teeth in rather broad villiform bands on jaws, 
vomer, and palatines; interorbital space very broad and flat; snout broad, truncate; origin of spinous 
dorsal slightly posterior to vertical at vent, slightly nearer tip of snout than base of caudal; longest 
dorsal spine about 2.4 in head, reaching nearly to vertical at front of anal; distance between spinous 
and soft dorsals equal to distance from tip of snout to middle of pupil; edge of soft dorsal concave, 
anterior rays somewhat produced, their length 1.9 in head; last dorsal ray about one-half longer than 
one preceding; base of soft dorsal 1.8 in head; origin of anal considerably in advance of that of soft 
dorsal, the fins similar, anterior rays about 1.7 in head, base of anal 1.3 in head; caudal widely forked, 
the lobes equal; ventral short, barely reaching vent; pectoral short, broad, and slightly falcate, its 
length about 1.4 in head. Scales large, thin, and deep, 19 in front of spinous dorsal, 6 rows between 
the dorsals and 9 on median line of caudal peduncle. 
Color when fresh, clear olive green with darker edges to scales; lateral stripes steel blue above, 
fading into the silvery belly; fins uncolored. 
Color in alcohol, olivaceous above, silvery on sides and below; scales of back and upper part of 
