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163. Foa brachygramma (Jenkins). Fig. 82. 
Head 2.5 in length; depth 2.5; eye 3.5 in head; snout 4.2; interorbital 4; maxillary 2; D. vii-i, 9; 
A. ii, 8; scales 2-22-3. 
Body short, deep, and compressed, dorsal and ventral outlines symmetrical; head rather large, 
conic; mouth large, moderately oblique, jaws equal; maxillary reaching posterior border of pupil; eye 
large, slightly above axis of body; caudal peduncle compressed, twice as deep as thick; nape some- 
what elevated, the profile slightly concave above and back of the eyes; opercles and preorbital entire, 
without teeth; minute villiform teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines, none on tongue; vent imme- 
diately in front of origin of anal fin; scales large, weakly ctenoid, moderately firm, deeper than long; 
2 scales in front of dorsal; lateral line incomplete, beginning at upper edge of gill-opening and ceasing 
under front of soft dorsal, number of pores about 10; pores rudimentary or absent altogether on pos- 
terior half of side; fins rather large; first dorsal spine very short, its base midway between tip of snout 
and base of last soft ray; longest dorsal spine about 2 in head; soft dorsal well separated from the 
spinous part, its rays about 1.9 in head; caudal rounded, its' length 1.7 in head; anal immediately 
under soft dorsal, its rays 1.9 in head; pectorals small, equal to snout and eye; ventrals short, not 
reaching anal, a little shorter than pectoral. 
Color in life, plain; pectoral, light rosy; dorsal, caudal, and anal yellow; ventrals dusky. 
Color in alcohol, rusty yellowish brown, opercles and side with more distinct brownish blotches; 
spinous dorsal dark; ventrals dark; other fins pale. 
This species resembles Apogonichthys auritus of Cuvier & Valenciennes, which is the type of 
Apogonichthys. A. auritus has, however, a large black opercular spot bordered by a pale line, and 
the fins mottled and barred. Dr. Streets records it from Honolulu, which is doubtless an error. 
Foa brachygramma reaches a length of about 2 inches. Three specimens were obtained by us from 
among coral rocks near the Moana Hotel at Waikiki and another at Hilo. A single specimen, the 
type of the species, was obtained by Dr. Jenkins at Honolulu in 1889, and others by the Albatross 
at, Honolulu, at stations 3847 and 3849 on the southern coast of Molokai, and at stations 3872, 3873, 
3875, and 3876, between Maui and Lanai, in 23 to 73 fathoms. 
Apogon auritus, Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 72, 1877 (Honolulu); not of Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Fowleria brachygrammus Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 147, fig. 18, Honolulu; Snyder, op. cit. 
(Jan. 19, 1904), 526 (Hawaiian Islands). 
Genus 121. AMI A Gronow. 
Body oblong, compressed, covered with large, ctenoid scales; lateral line continuous, with 20 to 
30 scales; head large; mouth wide, oblique, the maxillary extending to below middle of the large eye; 
villiform teeth on jaws, vomer, and usually on palatines; no canine teeth ; preopercle with a double 
