REPORT ON FISHES COLLECTED IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Family XL1V. TR0PIDICHTHYID4J. 
205. Tetraodon jactator (Jenkins). 
Two specimens, 1.5 and 2.5 inches long, were taken on coral rocks on the reef in front of the city. 
Tropidichlhys jactator Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm, for 1899 (June .8, 1901), 399, fig. 11, Honolulu. (Type, No. 49703, 
U. S. N. M.; coll. O. P. Jenkins.) 
206. Tropidichthys oahuensis Jenkins, new species. 
Head 4 in length; depth 1.9; eye 4 in head; snout 1.4; interorbital 3; D. xi; A. xi. 
Body short, deep, and greatly compressed; dorsal profile rising in a nearly straight line from tip 
of snout to occiput, thence descending in a small regular curve to base of caudal fin; ventral outline 
nearly uniformly convex; interorbital space broad, nearly flat; snout long, conic; mouth small, slightly 
below axis of body; eyes small, high up, the supraorbital rim prominent; occiput prominent, with a 
distinct knob at highest point; caudal peduncle compressed, its least width about 3 in its least depth; 
gill-opening shorter than orbit, somewhat oblique; pectoral short, the anterior rays longest, about 2 in 
head, the others gradually shorter, the bases considerably exceeding diameter of orbit; origin of dorsal 
midway between upper end of gill-opening and base of caudal, the anterior ray longest, about 2.2 in 
Fig. 32. — Tropidichthys oahuensis Jenkins, new species. Type. 
head, the base of the fin about 3 in head; anal short, rounded, the anterior rays somewhat the longer 
and equaling the anterior rays of dorsal; caudal truncate, its length about 1.3 in head; head covered 
all over with small, sharp asperities, only the lips naked; belly mostly smooth, the asperities smaller 
and weaker; sides smooth; median line of back rough. 
Color in alcohol rich brown, the side of body with numerous, very small, sky-blue spots; side of 
head with numerous, very narrow, whitish or bluish white lines separating dark brown or blackish 
lines, the latter disposed to break up into spots on the cheek; 2 narrow blue lines on cheek below eye, 
each curved upward at the middle; 2 or 3 similar lines backward from eye, the second one extending 
upward and backward to nuchal prominence, where it joins its fellow from the opposite side; small 
blue spots about and above the gill-opening; caudal peduncle spotted similarly to the side of body; 
lower part of side with irregular brownish blotches, the belly rusty brown; fins all pale, blackish at 
base; caudal somewhat dusky. 
This description is based upon a single specimen, the type, No. 50(190, U. S. N. M., field No. 326, 
4.5 inches long, obtained by me at Honolulu. 
207. Tropidichthys epilamprus Jenkins, new species. “Pint Ohti." 
Head 2.8 in length; depth 2.7; eye 3.6 in head; snout 1.6; interorbital 3.5; D. 9; A. 9; C. 10; 
P. 17. Body oblong, compressed; head long; snout pointed, its sides flattened; mouth small: teeth 
