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interorbital 2 in snout; eye elliptical, longer diameter horizontal; posterior nostril oval; maxillary 
naked; mouth only a little oblique; maxillary with a narrow elongate supplemental bone; small 
canines in front of upper jaw; smaller depressible teeth in a band of several rows in upper jaw, widest 
in front, some of the anterior ones enlarged ; an outer row of larger fixed teeth ; teeth on vomer and 
palatines; dorsal fin continuous; third and fourth dorsal spines longest, 2.2 in head; first spine short, 
2.5 in the third; soft dorsal higher than spinous dorsal, longest rays 2 in head; soft anal similar to 
soft dorsal; second and third anal spines of equal length, the second thickest; lateral line continuous. 
Color in alcohol, head and body light brown, clouded with blackish-brown in irregular pattern; 
lips, gill-membranes, and fins black. 
Two specimens of this species, 3.8 and 12 inches in length respectively, are in Dr. Wood’s 
collection. It was not seen by me. 
Epinephelusfuscoguttatus, Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 502 (Honolulu); not of Forskal. 
Eyinephelus quernus, Seale, Occasional Papers, Bishop Museum, I, No. 4, 3, fig. 1, 1901, Honolulu. (Type No. 481, B. P. B. M.) 
89. Anthias fuscipinnis Jenkins. 
Three specimens, 7.5, 8, and 9.5 inches in length, respectively, are in Dr. Wood’s collection. 
Anthias fuscipinnis, Jenkins, Bull. U, S. Fish Comm, for 1899 (June 8, 1901), 389, fig. 3, Honolulu. (Type, No. 49695, U. S. N. M.; 
coll. O. P. Jenkins.) 
Family XXX. PR1ACANTHID7E. 
90. Priacanthus cruentatus (Lacepede). ‘Li weoweo 
Color in life, that of head and body made up of mottlings of bright red and white; iris white, with 
bright-red blotches; dorsal mottled with red and white and covered on posterior portion with more or 
less distinct red; anal similar in color to dorsal; caudal red with rows of distinct darker red spots on 
membranes; pectoral pale red; ventral white with red mottlings; inside of mouth white with bright- 
red blotches. 
Six specimens, ranging from 9.25 to 11 inches in length, were obtained; one is in Dr. Wood’s 
collection and one in that made by Jordan & Snyder. These I have compared with examples of the 
West Indian species P. cruentatus and with specimens collected by Snodgrass & Heller at the Galapagos, 
and find they can not be distinguished by either color or structural differences. The young of this 
fish is known as the “red-fish.” At various times it has occurred in immense numbers at Honolulu. 
It is au old belief of the natives that this phenomenon is a precursor of the death of some member of 
the royal family. This species is abundant at Honolulu and is an important food-fish. 
Ldbrus cruentatus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., hi, 522, 1801, Martinique. 
Priacanthus Carolines, Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, 17, pi. xvm, 1873 (Otaheiti and Baiatea); Jordan & Evermann, Fishes 
North and Mid. Amer., m, Addenda, 2858, 1898 (Clarion Island); Jordan & McGregor, Report U. S. Fish Comm 
for 1898 (1899), 278 (Socorro and Clarion islands). 
Priacanthus cruentatus, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., I, 1238, 1896. 
91. Priacanthus meeki Jenkins, new species. 
Head 3.4 in length; depth 2.6; eye 2.2 in head; snout 3.75; D. x, 14; A. in, 15; scales 120; body 
compressed, somewhat elliptical in outline; mouth very oblique, lower jaw projecting, ending in a 
hook; maxillary reaching well beyond anterior border of eye; interorbital somewhat more than half 
eye; both limbs of preopercle finely serrated, its angle terminating in a small free spine; margin of 
opercle entire, the flap with 2 keels ending at margin as short, blunt spines; anterior nostril small, 
with a raised margin; posterior nostril a long, narrow slit, one-third diameter of eye; teeth in bands 
on vomer, palatines, and jaws, somewhat strong, hooked; dorsal and anal fins high, longest soft dorsal 
ray 1.3 in head, longest soft anal somewhat shorter; caudal deeply lunate, upper lobe the longer; 
pectoral 1.6 in head; ventral nearly as long as head, its tip reaching slightly beyond origin of anal; 
head and body completely covered with small rough scales, the roughened portion of each scale 
forming a triangular or crescent-shaped patch on posterior portion of the scale; lateral line ascending 
abruptly from gill-opening, then curving gently to caudal peduncle, upon which it is straight; gillrakers 
23 on lower arm of first arch, strong, longest one 3 in eye. 
Color in life, uniformly red; iris bright red; inside of mouth and gillrakers bright red; tips of 
ventrals, soft dorsal and anal and posterior margin of caudal dusky; no spots on the fins. 
