SHORE FISHES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Color in alcohol, pale olive, the tail nearly white. 
The description is from the type, No. 50863, U. S. Nat. Mus., 367 mm. long, from station 3874, 
I; between Mauai and Lanai, 21 to 28 fathoms. 
Two examples from off the northeast coast of Hawaii. One from station 4055, depth 50 to 60 
fathoms (cotype, 7509, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.), measures 245 mm. The head equals 0.06 of the length; 
0.1 of head and trunk. In life it was pinkish anteriorly, the posterior third tinged with lemon yellow. 
The other specimen, from station 4061, depth 24 to 83 fathoms, measures 220 mm.; head 0.065 of 
length, 0.12 of head and trunk. In life it was light orange, fading to lemon yellow posteriorly; an 
indistinct, light, median, dorsal stripe extending from occiput to tip of tail; ventral surface slightly 
tinged with purple, the tint extending about twice the length of head beyond anal opening; side of 
head with two white spots, the anterior one just behind eyes, the posterior one indistinctly connected 
over the occiput with its fellow on opposite side. 
16. Callechelys luteus Snyder, new species. Plate 3, fig. 5. 
Head, measured to upper edge of gill-opening, 0.06 of the length, 0.095 of head and trunk, 0.15 of 
tail; snout 0.14 of head; cleft of mouth 0.29. Body extremely long and slender, tapering gradually 
from head to tail; depth at gill-opening 0.37 of head; width of body 0.72 of depth; gill-pouclies 
greatly expanded, making head deeper and broader than body; snout sharp, projecting two-thirds of 
its length beyond lower jaw; eye midway between tip of snout and angle of mouth; tongue small, 
free, on sides and at tip; teeth on jaws and vomer projecting backward, movable though not depress- 
ible; 3 large canines just posterior to nostril tubes, the median one being anterior to tip of lower jaw; 
2 short rows of teeth on vomer, a single row on maxillaries and on lower jaw; anterior nostril with 
a tube equal in length to diameter of eye, inferior in position, halfway between tip of snout and end 
of closed lower jaw; posterior nostrils on lip, below the eye, provided with an anterior, valve-like flap; 
gill-openings slit-like, inferior, distance between lower edges of openings equal to half the length of 
snout; width of gill-opening equal to distance from tip of snout to posterior border of eye. Dorsal 
inserted on occiput above angle of mouth ; height at a point above gill-slit equal to distance between the 
tip of the snout and the posterior border of the eye, above anal opening equal to width of gill-slit; 
fin not reaching tip of tail; membrane thin, the rays distinctly visible. Anal inserted immediately 
behind vent, its height equal to half the width of gill-opening. Tip of tail sharp; no caudal fin; pec- 
torals absent. 
Color in alcohol white, rather finely blotched with brownish black, the spots not so numerous on 
ventral surface as elsewhere; fins colored like body. In life, the upper parts, including dorsal fin, are 
white mottled with black and lemon yellow; under parts white, rather sparsely mottled with black, 
except on throat, where the spots are numerous. 
One specimen, 83 cm. long, from station 3821, near the southern coast of Molokai. Caught 
while swimming about the ship at night, attracted by the lights. 
Type, No. 50864, U. S. Nat. Mus., southern coast of Molokai. 
M0RINGUID7E. 
17. Moringua hawaiiensis Snyder, new species. Plate 3, fig. 6. 
Head, measured to gill-opening, 0.065 of length; tail 0.3; depth 0.24 of head. Body cylindrical 
and extremely elongate, the tail tapering to a sharp point; snout pointed, its length 0.15 of head; 
lower jaw projecting beyond upper a distance equal to diameter of pupil; cleft of mouth extending 
beyond eye a distance equal to pupil; teeth on jaws and vomer sharp, long, and fang-like anteriorly; 
tongue adnate to floor of mouth; eye very small, the diameter equal to about 0.2 of snout; gill-opening 
a vertical slit, equal to 0.6 of length of snout; lateral line slightly arched above branchial chamber, 
discontinued about a head’s length from tip of tail; number of pores 113. Pectorals present, minute, 
the rays easily distinguishable; the base equal to half the gill-opening, length a little less than 
diameter of pupil; dorsal and anal fins scarcely developed, indicated by slight ridges commencing 
about a head’s length behind anal opening, growing larger and more distinct in region where lateral 
line ceases; caudal fin distinct, pointed, its length equal to width of interorbital space. 
Color in alcohol pale brown, no spots or liars. 
One specimen, 320 mm. long, from Honolulu reef. Type, No. 50865, U. S. Nat. Mus., Honolulu. 
Closely related to M. javcmica of the East Indies, but differs from that species as described, in 
having pectoral fins with distinct rays, longer head, and longer tail. 
