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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Body oblong, not much compressed; head heavy, broad, the interorbital space broad and slightly 
convex; snout rather long and pointed, notabruptly decurved; mouth rather large, somewhat oblique, 
the lower jaw but slightly included; maxillary broad, slipping for most of its length under the thin 
preorbital, its tip not reaching orbit by diameter of pupil; eye rather large, high, slightly posterior; 
gillrakers 18 -|- 7, the longest about 2 in eye, serrate; opercular spine obscure in adult, more plainly 
developed in the young; origin of dorsal a little nearer posterior base of soft dorsal than tip of snout; 
distance between dorsals considerably less than snout, about 2.6 in head; anal similar to soft dorsal, 
its origin somewhat more posterior; ventrals rather long, reaching slightly beyond tip of pectoral; 
caudal deeply forked, the lobes equal, about 1.2 in head. 
Color in life (field No. 03459), bright rose-red, with 5 broad crossbands of darker clear rose, 
which vanishes very soon after death; a very faint yellow latei’al streak, with yellow shades on scales 
below; lower side of head rose, snout and lips very red; 2 wavy golden streaks from below eye to 
angle of mouth, lower conspicuous; first dorsal clear red; second dorsal deep red on the lower half, 
fading above; caudal deep red at base, fading outward; anal pink, pectoral light yellow; ventral 
creamy red; barbels red, paler toward tip; iris silvery. 
A color note on specimens bearing field Nos. 03054 and 03055 says that they were rosy in life. 
Color in alcohol, pale dirty olivaceous above, yellowish white on sides and belly; head yellowish 
olive above, pale on cheek and below; a yellowish band from snout under eye; fins all colorless, the 
spinous dorsal slightly dusky, all with slight yellowish tinge; ventrals with the middle membranes 
blackish. Smaller examples show considerable rosy on the sides, indicating that, the fish in life was 
probably red or rosy in color. 
This species somewhat resembles Mulloides auriflamma, from which it differs in the smaller eye, 
larger, more oblique mouth, longer maxillary, the longer less decurved, more pointed snout, and fewer 
gillrakers. It bears some resemblance to M. pflugeri, but has the eye larger and the snout longer and 
more pointed. Compared with M. samoensis, it has a much larger and more oblique mouth, and a 
considerably longer maxillary, as well as a different coloration. It does not agree with any of the 
plates of Day, Gunther, or Bleeker, nor with any current descriptions. In life its banded coloration 
gives it a very handsome appearance. It is found in deeper water than most of the other species. 
M. famrneys seems to be fairly abundant, and is represented in our collections by 9 specimens from 
Honolulu, Hilo, and Kailua, ranging from 6 to 11.25 inches long. 
Mulloides flammeus Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Apr. 11, 1903), 186, Kailua; Snyder, op. eit. 
(Jan. 19, 1904), 527 (Puako Bay, Hawaii). 
