REPORT ON FISHES COLLECTED IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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in head, second 2 in third, seventh 2 in second, eighth spine 2.75 in head, equal to fifth; first soft ray 
longest, 1.6 in head; last ray equal to eighth spine; length of caudal peduncle (from end of dorsal to 
base of caudal rays) 3.5, slightly tapering posteriorly; caudal notched; first anal spine very short, 
second 3 in head, anterior soft rays longest, 1.8 in head; lateral line complete, following curvature of 
back; scales finely ciliated; opercle and preopercle scaled; rest of head naked. 
Color in life (field No. 303), general color pale red, finely punctate with black, brown, and deeper 
red; black longitudinal line from snout through eye just below edge of pupil; first dorsal with a black 
bar on anterior border, second dorsal and anal each with a black longitudinal band near the base, 
the band of the dorsal with a white band below it, that of the anal with a white band above and one 
below; basal part of caudal brown; a submarginal black band on dorsal and one on ventral border of 
caudal fin, these connected near base of fin by a transverse, crescent-shaped, black band; ventral with 
anterior margins black distally, olive basally; pectoral pale red. In alcohol there appears to be a 
narrow pale band along the lateral line. 
This description is based on the type, No. 50700, U. S. N. M. (field No. 675), 5 inches iii length, 
and eleven cotypes ranging from 5 to 6 inches in length collected by me in 1889, and five from 5 to 6 
inches collected by Jordan & Snyder in 1900, all at Honolulu. 
This species is quite abundant at Honolulu, where it is sold in the market. 
Family XXIX. SERRANID7K. 
87. Pikea aurora Jordan & Evermann. 
Four specimens in Dr. Wood’s collection (field Nos. 403, 682, 687, and 607), ranging from 4.5 to 7 
inches in length, agree closely with Steindachner’s excellent figure given in places cited below. 
Pikea lunulata Steindachner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, rxX, I, 375, 1874, and Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, xlvii, 1883, pi. Vi, fig. 2; not 
Grystes lunulatus Guichenot, in Maillard, App. C, 4, Reunion, 1862, Indian Ocean. 
88. Epinephelus quernus Seale. 
Head 2.6 in length; depth 2.5; D. xi, 15; A. in, 9; scales 120; eye 4 in head; snout 3.25; lower 
jaw not projecting, snout acute; profile of head rising at angle of 45° from tip of snout to front of 
dorsal fin; upper limb of preopercle nearly vertical, inclined a little forward, finely serrated, the teeth 
enlarged at the angle; lower limb of preopercle entire; opercle with 3 small spines, the middle one 
nearer the lower, the latter a little farther back than the upper; suborbital narrow, 3 in snout; 
F. C, B. 1902—29 
