RKPORT ON FISHES COLLECTED IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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half its length, the lower double only very short distance; lips covering base of teeth; eye moderate, 
j] its lower border above axis of body; interorbital somewhat less than eye, slightly concave (in alcohol) ; 
• caudal peduncle 2.6 in head; dorsal spines pungent, about equal, the first being the shortest, the 
longest about 2.1 in head; soft dorsal slightly higher; anal similar to dorsal, but a little less high; 
j caudal truncate, or slightly rounded; p.eetoral reaching 0.7 of distance to vent, its length 1.4 in head; 
pectoral reaching slightly beyond tips of ventrals, its length 1.6 in head; origins of dorsal, pectoral, 
and ventral about in same vertical line; scales large, firm, those on nape and breast not reduced; 3 
I scales in front of origin of dorsal; one row of 2 or 3 scales on cheek; large scales on upper posterior 
J portion of opercle, 1 scale showing on lower limb; rest of head naked; sheath of scales' at base of 
dorsal; none at base of anal; lateral line complete; 19 scales with tubes to the bend which occurs just 
J below last ray of dorsal; the tubes on the portion to the bend are very much branched; jaws subequal, 
lower slightly included; teeth white, distinct, on anterior portions of both jaws in more than 1 series, 
I irregularly imbricated; lateral teeth in upper jaw small, in a single series, outer extremities free, bases 
l coalesced; lateral teeth in lower jaw large, in single series, distinct, crowded together at base; 2 devel- 
oped posterior canines on one side, 1 on the other in the type, present but small in the small cotypes. 
Fig. 27 . — Scar idea balia Jenkins, new species. Typo. 
Color in alcohol, ground color of body and fins, except pectoral, a light brown on which are 
scattered numerous darker reddish-brown spots of indistinct outline about size of pupil; on the body 
the spots frequently correspond with the scales and show within their area small light points; on the 
vertical fins the spots are more distinct; on dorsal irregularly, 3 or 4 on each membrane; a conspicu- 
ous black spot on membrane between first and second spines; on anal arranged to show 4 bands 
running obliquely forward and downward across rays; distal half of caudal dark; ventral crossed by 
3 indistinct dusky bands; pectoral transparent, base dark brown; head uniform brown. 
Type, No. 50851, U. S. N. M. (field No. 2095), 5.75 inches long, obtained at Honolulu in 1889 
i (coll. 0. P. Jenkins). 
Cotypes, No. 7850, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. (field No. 2096), 4.5 inches long, and No. 2755, U. S. F. C. 
(field No. 2097), 4 inches long; collected at same time and place by O. P. Jenkins. 
153. Scaridea balia Jenkins, new species. 
Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.4; eye 5 in head; snout 2.9; preorbital 4; interorbital 4.3; scales 
2-24-5; J). ix, 10; A. ii, 9; P. 12. Body short, deep, and compressed; dorsal outline regularly and 
evenly arched from tip of snout to caudal peduncle; somewhat straighter from tip of snout to origin 
of dorsal fin, there being no angle at last mentioned point; ventral outline evenly convex; head short 
and deep; snout short; mouth moderate, about horizontal, in line with axis of body, the gape reaching 
past vertical from nostril; lower jaw included ; teeth in anterior portion of each jaw distinct, imbricated 
