FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Myripristis chryseres is close to M. murdjan, from which it differs in the smaller scales, larger eye, 
less black in the axil, and the absence of black edges to the dorsal and anal fins as in the life colors 
already noted, the yellow fins being the most conspicuous character in life. It reaches a length of 9 
or 10 inches and appears to be moderately abundant at Honolulu and Hilo, 
Type, No. 50629, U. S. N. M. (field No. 03463), a specimen 8 inches long, obtained at Hilo, Hawaii. 
Our collections contain 17 excellent specimens from Honolulu and Hilo, ranging in length from 
4 to 9.5 inches. 
Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Apr. 11, 1903), 171, Hilo. 
107 . Myripristis symmetricus Jordan & Evermann. Plate 26. 
Head 3.2 in length; depth 2.4; eye 2.2 in head; snout 5; interorbital 3.8; D. x-i, 15; A. iv, 14; 
P. i, 14; V. i, 7; scales 4-36-6. 
Body elongate, deep, compressed, greatest depth about midway between origin of ventrals and anal; 
upper and lower profiles evenly convex; head compressed, as long as deep, its width 1.7 in its length; 
snout short, broad, blunt, and steep; upper profile of head straight from above nostril to occiput; eye 
very large, high, jiardly impinging upon the upper profile of head, its diameter greater than postocular 
region; mouth very large, oblique; mandible slightly projecting and reaching posteriorly to below 
posterior rim of pupil; distal expanded extremity of maxillary 2.35 in eye; several enlarged blunt 
teeth on outer front edges of mandible; teeth in jaws, on vomer, and palatines very fine, in bands; 
tongue thick, pointed, free; suborbital rim narrow, finely serrate; lower posterior margin of maxillary 
smooth; lips rather thick and fleshy; nostrils close together, posterior very large, close to front rim of 
orbit; bones of head all finely serrate; opercle with well-developed spine; gill-opening large, filaments 
large; gillrakers long, fine, the longest longer than longest gill-filament; pseudobranchiae very large; dor- 
sal spines slender, sharp, first 2.75 in head, second 2.1, third 2, fourth 1.9, tenth 6, and last 3.6; soft 
dorsal with anterior rays elevated, produced into a point which projects beyond tip of posterior rays 
when fin is depressed, first ray 1.4 in head, third 1.35, and last 3.75; anal spines graduated to last, 
third enlarged, 2.5 in head, fourth 2.9; soft anal similar to soft dorsal, anterior rays produced, first 1.4, 
third 1.3, and last 4.6; caudal elongate, deeply forked, the lobes pointed, 1.2 in head, and reaching 
slightly behind tips of ventrals; ventrals sharp-pointed, 1.4 in head, spine 2.2; caudal peduncle 
elongate, compressed, its length 1.8 and its depth 3.2; scales large, finely ctenoid, deep on middle of 
side; lateral line running obliquely back, slightly curved at first, and posteriorly along upper side of 
caudal peduncle; 4 rudimentary, slender, sharp-pointed, graduated rays along upper and lower edges 
of caudal; scales narrowly imbricated along middle of side. 
Color in alcohol, pale straw-color; fins paler, except the anterior dorsal and anal rays, which are 
grayish; margin of opercle above blackish; axil of pectoral black. 
This species was found both at Honolulu and Hilo, but does not appear to be common at either 
place. Our 4 specimens each about 5 inches long. 
Myripristis symmetricus Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (April 11, 1903), 173, Hilo. 
108 . Myripristis sealei Jenkins. Fig. 53. 
Head 3 in length; depth 2.5; eye 2.5 in head; snout 5; maxillary 1.8; interorbital 4; D. x-i, 
15; A. iv, 13; P. i, 15; V. i, 7; scales 4-37-8. 
Body elongate, deep, compressed, greatest depth at about tip of pectoral; upper and lower 
profiles about evenly convex; head compressed, rather elongate, a little longer than deep, its width 
1.8 in its length; snout short, broad, blunt, convex, steep; upper profile of head nearly straight from 
above nostril to occiput; eye large, high, hardly impinging upon the upper profile of head, about 
equal to postocular part; mouth large, oblique; mandible slightly projecting, reaching below posterior 
rim of pupil; distal expanded extremity of maxillary 1.7 in eye; teeth sharp, minute, not enlarged 
on edges of jaws; teeth in jaws and on vomer and palatines in bands; tongue elongate, rounded, free; 
suborbital rim narrow, finely serrate; lower posterior margin of maxillary smooth; lips rather thick, 
fleshy; nostrils close together, posterior very large, close to front rim of orbit; bones on head all finely 
serrate; opercle with well-developed spine; gill-opening large, filaments large; gillrakers long, fine, 
longest longer than longest gill-filaments; pseudobranchise very large, free for distal half; dorsal 
