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large, ctenoid, deep on middle of side, lateral line obliquely curved at first, then running obliquely 
down to base of caudal, also running obliquely along upper side of caudal peduncle; 4 rudimentary 
caudal rays above and below, slender, sharp pointed, and graduated. 
Color in life, red, the center of each scale pale; a black bar across opercular region down to axil 
of pectoral; first dorsal with pink spines, membranes of basal half translucent pearly, of upper half 
orange-yellow; soft dorsal, anal, and caudal crimson, the first rays white in each case; pectoral red, its 
axil blackish blood-red. Another example (No. 03487) was deep brick-red in life; the opercular 
blotch very plain, including axil; first dorsal orange, whitish at base; lqibes of second dorsal, anal, and 
caudal largely black; soft anal, caudal, and ventral with first ray white; iris red. 
In alcohol, pale straw-color, fins plain and paler; upper margin of opercle and axil of pectoral 
blackish. 
Described from an example (03464) taken at Honolulu. 
This species is the common U’u of Hawaii, a food-fish always in the markets, taken in rocky places 
with the hook. The natives have a curious method of fishing for it. A live individual of the same or 
a closely related species is attached to a line and dropped in the water in front of .the rocks inhabited 
by the U’ u, where, with fins spread, it arouses the enmity of its rivals, who at once attack it. They 
are then drawn upward in a net, and one of them takes the place of the first decoy. 
Our collections contain 25 specimens from Honolulu, Hilo, and Kailua, ranging from 4 to 11.25 
inches in length. Specimens were also secured by the Albatross at Laysan. The species is abundant 
at Samoa. 
Scixna murdjai t Forskal, Descript. Animat, 48, 1775, Djidda, Red Sea. 
Perea murdjan, Schneider, Syst. Iehth., 86, 1801 (Arabian Seas). 
Myripristis murdjan , Ruppell, Fische Roth. Meer., 86, pi. 23, fig. 2, 1828; Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, III, 92, Pis. LXI and 
LXII, 1874 (Hawaiian Islands), (not intermedia and acijusta); Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LXX, 1900, 492 
(Hawaiian Islands); Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 501 (Honolulu); Seale, Occas. Pap. Bishop Mus., I, 67, 
1901 (Guam); Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 440 (Honolulu); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 
19, 1904), 523 (Laysan Island). 
Myripristis melanophrys Swainson, Class. Fish., II, 207, 1839; founded on Ruppell’s figure. 
110. Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann. Fig. 54. 
Head 2.8 in length; depth 2.4; eye 2.7 in head; snout 4.7; maxillary 1.7; interorbital 4.9; D. x i , 
16; A. iv, 14; P. I, 14; V. i, 7; scales 4-32-7. 
Body elongate, deep, compressed, its greatest depth at base of ventral; head large, compressed, its 
depth less than its length; snout short, blunt, convex, its width about twice its length; upper profile 
of head straight from above nostril to occiput; eye large, high, its diameter a little less than posterior 
