SHORE FISHES OF THE HAWAIIAN- ISLANDS. 
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ANTENNARIID/E. 
223 . Antennarius commersoni (Lac£pede). Honolulu. 
One specimen from the coral reef. Color black, with many round spots of a deeper black, clouded 
with light gray. 
224 . Antennarius rubrofuscus (Garrett). Honolulu. 
One example from the reef. This species is admitted as distinct from A. commersoni with consid- 
erable doubt. The specimen is light orange-red, clouded and spotted with dusky. This and the one 
identified as A. commersoni differ only in color, the one being almost an exact negative of the other. 
225 . Antennarius bigibbus (Lacepede). Honolulu reef. Three specimens 20 to 25 mm. in length. 
226 . Antennarius nexilis Snyder, new species. Plate 13, fig. 23. 
This species differs from all others of the genus in having the third dorsal spine very closely 
attached or bound down to the back, and in having the soft dorsal extending posteriorly to base of 
caudal. First spine short, equal in length to longitudinal diameter of eye; the fleshy tentacle half as 
long as the spine, with 7 filaments. Second spine curved backward, its length equal to 1.5 times the 
longitudinal diameter of eye; when depressed, the tip not reaching over half way between its base and 
the base of third spine, no membrane connecting posterior part of spine with the head; third dorsal 
spine equal in length to distance between its base and tip of snout; very closely bound down through- 
out its length to the back, the tip with a movable joint; soft dorsal with 12 rays, the middle ones 
equal in height to distance between tip of snout and base of third spine; fin extending posteriorly to 
bases of caudal rays; anal rays 7, equal in length to the dorsal rays; edge of fin rounded, extending 
posteriorly as far as the dorsal. Caudal rounded posteriorly, 3.5 in the length; pectoral rays 12. 
Body and fins covered with granules and prickles, the latter usually bifid or trifid, many of them 
having fleshy tentacles; a lateral line of pores begins on snout, passes over eye, curves downward to 
a level with lower margin of eye, extends backward to a point below base of second or third dorsal 
ray, then bending downward and backward to a point above the origin of anal, from which it runs 
backward to lower edge of base of caudal; another line of conspicuous pores extends from the chin 
downward, curving far below the mouth, then upward, joining the lateral line behind the eye; other 
large pores are present on the chin and head. 
Color gray, with dusky spots and clouds, large and close together on the dorsal parts of body; eye 
with radiating dark and light elongate spots; a large, irregular, reddish orange spot on the nape; a few 
small spots of same color on snout and face; fins closely covered with black spots a little larger than 
the pupil, the membranes of the fins near their edges white; pectorals and ventrals white and almost 
without spots on ventral sides; inside of mouth without dark color. 
The description is of the type, No. 50883, U. S. Nat. Mus., taken at Honolulu. In another 
example, cotype, 7735, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus., the upper parts of the head and body are almost covered 
with reddish clouds, the tint more intense anteriorly. First spine 1.33 times as long as diameter of eye. 
227 . Antennarius duescus Snyder, new species. Plate 13, fig. 24. 
Head, body, and fins, except the edges of the latter, covered with bifid and trifid prickles; small 
dermal filaments scattered here and there, a conspicuous one, somewhat longer than diameter of eye, 
above and a little behind base of pectoral; gill-opening small, circular, located far back, half way 
between axil of pectoral and anal opening; first dorsal spine slender and hair-like, the length equal to 
depth of caudal peduncle, the fleshy tip a flat, folded membrane with minute tentacles; second dorsal 
spine seated close to first, slender, without a membrane, its shaft covered with minute granules, the tip 
with a small, fleshy knob; slightly shorter than first spine, not quite reaching base of third when 
depressed; third spine strong, curved backward, its length equal to distance between gill-opening and 
anus; capable of free movement up to a vertical position, the posterior membrane fleshy; dorsal rays 
12, the highest contained 3 times in base of fin; fin extending far posteriorly; the length of the free 
caudal peduncle equal to diameter of pupil; anal rays 7, equal in length to those of the dorsal; caudal 
rounded posteriorly, its length contained 3.5 times in head and body. 
Color in spirits, pale brick red, the dorsal, anal, and caudal darker on the edges; rayed portion 
of pectorals and ventrals gray below, dusky above; head and body sparsely clouded and spotted with 
dusky and gray; a large, irregular crossband on chin, extending upward a little beyond mouth; a 
dusky cloud above pectoral; a large, gray spot, bordered with dusky, on the head between snout and 
pectoral; a small, ocellated gray spot below the latter, and a similar one on body midway between 
