A CATALOGUE OF THE SHORE FISHES COLLECTED BY THE STEAMER 
ALBATROSS ABOUT THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN 1902. 
By JOHN OTTERBEIN SNYDER, 
Assistant Professor of Zoology in Leland Stanford Junior University. 
This paper contains a list of the species of fishes obtained by the United States 
Fish Commission steamer Albatross , Chauncey Thomas, commander, in the shore and 
reef work about the Hawaiian Islands during the spring and summer of 1902, under 
the general direction of Dr. David Starr Jordan and Dr. Barton Warren Evermann. 
In addition to the fishes collected from the tide pools and from the shallow water near 
shore, a few are included which were taken from depths of 75 fathoms or more, while 
some have come from near the surface far out at sea. Several species occurring in 
the rivers and ponds are also noted. Many of the rarer forms, which are only 
occasionally caught by the fishermen, were secured through the kindly interest of 
Mr. E. Louis Berndt, inspector of fisheries in Honolulu. 
The writer takes pleasure in expressing his obligations to Dr. Charles H. Gilbert, 
who had immediate supervision of the zoological work of the Albatross , and also to 
Dr. Jordan, for much help and for many valuable suggestions in the preparation of 
this paper. Dr. Jordan’s advice has been followed in all matters of nomenclature. 
The following genera and species, believed to be new to science, are described: 
Veternio, new genus of Leptocephalidae. (tymnothorax berndti. 
Colly bus, new genus of Bramidse. 
Carcharias insularum. 
Careharias nesiotes. 
Veternio verrens. 
Sphagebranchus flavicaudus. 
Callechelys luteus. 
Moringua hawaiiensis. 
Gymnothorax nuttingi. 
Gymnothorax mucifer. 
Gymnothorax xanthostomus. 
Gymnothorax waialuse. 
Uropterygius leucurus. 
Exonautes gilberti. 
Carangus cheilio. 
Carangoides ajax. 
Collybus drachme. 
Apogon erythrinus. 
Cirrhilabrus jordani. 
Pseudojulis cerasina. 
Hemipteronotus jenkinsi. 
Chsetodon corallicola. 
Holacanthus fisberi. 
Stephanolepis pricei. 
Antennarius nexilis. 
Antennarius duescus. 
CARCHARIIUE. 
1. Carcharias melanopterus Quov & Gaimard. Honolulu market. 
The following measurements, recorded in centimeters, were taken from a female specimen: Total 
length 156; tip of snout to dorsal 52; to eye 12.8; to first gill-opening 30.5; to pectoral 36.2; length of 
gill area 7.7; height of first, second, third, and fourth gill-slits 6.3; fifth 5.6; anterior margin of pectoral 
28; base of pectoral 10. 8; posterior margin of pectoral 27. 3; axil of pectoral to ventral 36.8; anterior margin 
of ventrals 12; free margin of ventrals 10; base of ventrals 10; axil of ventrals to front of anal 13.3; base 
of anal 8.3; anterior margin of anal 10; base of anal to caudal pit 9; base of dorsal 11; anterior margin 
of dorsal 19.5; free edge of dorsal 15.3; distance between dorsals 38; base of second dorsal 7.6; second 
dorsal to caudal pit 10; upper lobe of caudal 38; spread of caudal 35.5; lower lobe of caudal 19; width 
of mouth 17; preoral length of snout 9.5; girth behind pectorals 63.5; girth at front of ventrals 53. 
2. Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann. Honolulu; Hanalei Bay, Kauai. 
3. Carcharias insularum Snyder, new species. Plate 1, fig. 1. 
Head, measured to last gill-opening, 0.32 of length (tip of snout to caudal pit) ; depth at front of 
pectorals 0.163; at front of ventrals 0.16; snout 0.33 of head; interorbital width 0.5; pectoral 0.25 of 
length; upper lobe of caudal 0.38. 
F. C. B. 1902—33 
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