FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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In 1875 Vaillant and Sauvage published descriptions of 19 species of fishes from 
the Hawaiian Islands which they regarded as new. The specimens upon which the 
descriptions were based formed a portion of a collection comprising 180 species, 
obtained, presumably at Honolulu, by M. Ballieu, at that time French consul to the 
Hawaiian Islands. The descriptions are, for the most part, unsatisfactory, and cer- 
tain identification of several of the species seems impossible. Of the 19 species 
described from the Hawaiian Islands 3 are credited to Sauvage, the others to Valliant 
and Sauvage. 
Fishes described from, the Hawaiian Islands by Vaillant and Sauvage in 1875. 
Scorpsena ballieui 
Cottus filamentosus 
Glyphisodon imparipennis 
Gobius homocyanus 
Eleotris sandwicensis 
Salarias zebra 
Mugil trichilus 
Congrogadus marginatus 
Brotula multicirrata 
Acanthurus virgatus 
Malacanthus parvipinnis 
Novacula (Novacula) microlepis. 
Julis ballieui 
Coris (Hemicoris) venusta 
Coris (Hemicoris) ballieui 
Coris (Hemicoris) rosea 
Tetraodon (Anosmius) janthiniis. 
Tetraodon (Anosmius) coronatus. 
Pcecilophis tritor 
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Sebastapistes ballieui. 
Gymnoeanthus intermedius. a 
Abudefduf imparipennis. 
Mapo fuscus. 
Eleotris sandwicensis. 
Seartichthys zebra. 
Chaenomugil chaptali. 
Congrogadus marginatus. 
Brotula multicirrata. 
Zebrasoma flavescens. 
Malacanthus parvipinnis. 
Cymolutes lecluse. 
Thalassoma ballieui. 
Coris venusta. 
Coris ballieui. 
Coris rosea. 
Canthigaster janthinus. 
Canthigaster valentini. 
Echidna leihala. 
a A Japanese species not seen in Hawaii. 
The U. S. S. Portsmouth , Commander Joseph S. Skerrett commanding, while 
engaged in a survey of the islands of the North Pacific Ocean, visited the Hawaiian 
and Fanning islands in 1873-7-1, and considerable collections of fishes were made by 
the medical officers on board — Surg. William H. Jones, U. S. Navy, and Passed 
Asst. Surg. Thomas H. Streets, U. S. Navy. These collections were reported 
upon by Dr. Streets (Streets, 1877), who states that the fish fauna of Honolulu 
Harbor is veiy well represented in the collection, but that inadequate means for the 
preservation of specimens while at the Fanning Islands prevented the making of 
extensive collections at that group. Thirty-six species are recorded from the 
Fanning group and 38 from the Hawaiian Islands, nearly all from the harbor at 
Honolulu or at other places on Oahu Island. Of these 38 species one ( Acanthurus 
triostegus sandwicensis ) is described as a new subspecies. 
Fishes obtained at the Hawaiian Islands by U. S. S. Portsmouth in 1873-74. 
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Tetrodon implutus 
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Honolulu Harbor, Oahu 
Tetraodon hispidus. 
Melichthys radula. 
Balistes vidua. 
Platophrys pantherinus. 
Eleotris s'andvicensis. 
Asterropteryx semipunctatus. 
Sicydium stimpsoni. 
Awaous stamineus. 
Gnatholepis knighti. 
Mapo fuscus. 
Sebastapistes gibbosa. 
Pseudocheilinus octota-nia. 
Culms fuscus 
Brachyeleotris cyanostigma 
Sicyopterus stimp-soni 
Awaous crassilabris 
Fresh water streams, Oahu. . . 
Coral reefs at Oahu 
Fresh water streams, Oahu. . . 
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Acentrogobius ophthalmotsenia 
Coral reefs at Oahu 
Sebastapistes strongia 
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia 
Honolulu, Oahu 
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