FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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erate, about 40 in lateral line; lateral line continuous; D. xii, 10; A. in, 10; dorsal spines low, pungent; 
soft dorsal and anal not elevated, their bases without scales; caudal subtruncate; pectoral short. This 
genus is allied to Verreo and Nesiotes. From its nearest relative, Nesiotes, it differs in the presence of a 
posterior canine tooth. The single species is brilliantly colored. 
Verriculus Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (April 11, 1903), 191 ( sanguineus ). 
220. Verriculus sanguineus Jordan & Evermann. Plate XXV. 
Head 2.9 in length; depth 3.5; eye 6.2 in head; snout 3.1; mouth 2.8; interorbital 4.75; D. xii, 10; 
A. hi, 12; scales 5-40-13. 
Body elongate, compressed oblong; head long, pointed, conic, its depth 1.7 in its length; eye 
small, its posterior margin in middle of length of head; snout long, pointed, rounded; jaws produced, 
equal; mouth large, nearly horizontal, corner reaching below front rim of eye; lips thick, fleshy; teeth 
strong, those on sides short, close-set, forming a sharp cutting edge on side of jaw; 5 canines in front 
of upper jaw, 4 in front of lower, a posterior canine on each side of upper jaw; tongue long, pointed, 
free in front; preopercle not serrate; interorbital space broad, convex; nostrils small, anterior in short 
tube; dorsal spines strong, sharp-pointed, longest in middle and posteriorly; last dorsal spine 4 in head; 
anal spines strong, last spine longest, 3.75; seventh anal ray 3; caudal rounded; dorsal and anal tins 
scaled at base; pectoral rounded, 1.9 in head; ventrals short, spine strong, pointed, two-thirds longest 
ray, which is 2 in head; caudal peduncle broad, deep, 2.2 in head; scales small, thin, cycloid; head 
with very small thin cycloid scales on occiput, cheek, greater part of opercle, behind eye, and on 
opercles, otherwise naked; lateral line slightly curved in front, then obliquely down to base of caudal. 
Color in life, deep red, edge of upper jaw and lower lip golden; a long stripe below eye pure 
golden; a long stripe from eye along back to base of caudal golden, with a red shade, a vertical black 
bar edged with golden above, on opercular region; a long blackish area covering it from eye to above 
pectoral, with some blackish , before, behind, and above; a black spot at base of caudal; dorsal and 
caudal golden, first dorsal edged with violet and with the lower half violet; anal entirely deep blood- 
red; ventrals golden; pectoral reddish, golden at base. 
Color in alcohol, very pale brown; a dusky band from snout across back of head and on side, 
fading out indistinctly posteriorly; a blackish spot at middle of base of caudal; opercle posteriorly 
with black vertical blotch; fins all pale or light brown. 
Described from the type, No. 50677, U. S. N. M. (field No. 03489), an example 7.5 inches long, 
taken at Hilo with hook and line, in deep water with Etelis evurus, Etdiscus marshi, Erythrichthys 
schlegeli, Antigonia stevndaclineri, and Anthias fuscipinnis. Only the type thus far known. 
Verriculus sanguineus Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (April 11, 1903), 191, Hilo. 
Genus 149. VERREO Jordan & Snyder. 
This genus differs from Lepidaplois in having the teeth in 2 series, the outer ones canine-like, 
growing smaller posteriorly, the inner ones coalesced into a narrow, blunt-edged plate; a large straight 
posterior canine projecting forward from hinder part of upper jaw. Large fishes, similar in appear- 
ance to Lepidaplois. 
Verreo Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, 619 (oxyceplmlus) . 
221. Verreo oxycephalus (Bleeker). Fig. 120. 
Head 2.9 in length; depth 3.35; eye 7 in head; snout 2; mouth 3.75; interorbital 4.1; D. xii, 11; 
A. in, 12; scales 6-35-13. 
Body elongate, compressed, oblong; head elongate, compressed, pointed, its depth 1.5 in its length; 
snout and jaws produced, pointed, the latter about equal; lips very thick, broad, fleshy, plicate; 
maxillary not reaching anterior rim of orbit; nostrils small, close together, anterior in very short 
tube; mouth rather large, nearly horizontal; teeth in 2 series in jaws, the outer canine-like growing 
smaller posteriorly, the inner coalesced into a narrow blunt-edged plate; 2 enlarged canines in front 
of each jaw, those in lower with 2 small teeth between them at symphysis; posterior margin of 
preopercle very finely serrate; a posterior canine; interorbital width broad, slightly convex; gill- 
opening large; gillrakers short, thick, conic; dorsal spines strong, thick, pointed, the membranes 
