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95. Apsilus brighami (Seale). 
Head 3 in length; depth 2.8; eye 3.6 in head; snout 2.6; suborbital 2.3; interorbital 4; I), x, 11; 
A. in, 8; scales 7-66-15; snout wide; lips thick; lower jaw not projecting; profile rising from tip of 
snout to occiput at angle of about 45°, angulated at occiput, profile rising from here at a gentler slope 
to front of first dorsal; length of caudal peduncle 2 in head, depth of peduncle 3; interorbital fiat, 
occipital ridges prominent upon it; 6 rows of scales on cheek; 8 rows on opercle; p>reopercle naked, 
its posterior limb almost vertical, scarcely notched below, both limbs finely serrated; pectoral a little 
shorter than head; longest rays 1.2 in head; dorsal fin continuous, fourth spine longest, 3.2 in head; 
last dorsal and anal ray elongated, equal to length of caudal peduncle, 3 in head; third anal spine 
longest, equal to longest dorsal spine; fine teeth in bands in each jaw, bands widest in front, lacking 
posteriorly on sides of lower jaw; ail outer series of enlarged teeth along sides and front of each jaw; 
in front of each jaw a series of less enlarged innermost teeth; teeth on. vomer and palatines. 
Color in alcohol, pale silvery yellowish; a faint indication of 4 wide oblique crossbands on back 
and upper part of sides — the first on the occiput, the second through front of dorsal fin, third through 
middle of spinous dorsal, fourth through soft dorsal, a fifth on end of caudal peduncle. 
One example of this species is in Dr. Wood’s collection. 
Scrranus brighami Seale, Occasional Papers, Bishop Museum, vol. 1, No. 4, 7, 1901, Honolulu (type, No. 025 B. P. B. M.), 
96. Aprion virescens Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Color in life, whole body and head pale blue, lighter on belly; dusky blotches between the 
spines in middle part of dorsal; rays of ventrals white; membranes dusky. 
Two specimens of this species, 8.5 and 9.8 inches in length, were obtained by me. It is a common 
and valued food-fish. 
Aprion virescens Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi, 544, pi. 108, 1830, Seychelles; Gunther, Fische der Sudsee, I, 
16, 1873 (Society and Hawaiian islands) ; Steindachner, Denis. Ak. Wiss. Wien, lxx, 1900, 484 (Honolulu). 
Aprion ( Aprion ) virescens, Bleeker, Atlas, vm, 77, pi. 293, fig. 3, 1876. 
97. Eteliscus marshi Jenkins, new species. 
Head 3.5 in length; depth 4; eye 3.5 in head; snout 3.5; suborbital 2 in snout; interorbital equaling 
eye; D. x, 11; A. in, 8; scales 5-51-11 ; 4 canines in the front of each jaw, the lateral ones largest; an outer 
row of enlarged teeth in sides of jaw, within those a band of small, fixed teeth, the band widest in front 
of jaws; teeth on vomer and palatines; lower jaw slightly projecting; eye large, elliptical; interorbital 
flat; 7 vertical rows of scales on preopercle and same number on opercle; 4 oblique rows on side of 
occiput; rest of head naked; margin of upper limb of preopercle inclined a little forward, very slightly 
denticulated, lower limb entire, the angle with longer, slender points; second and third dorsal spines 
