FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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2 in head; vertical fins high; dorsal spines about 2.5 in head, the rays a little longer, about 1.8 in 
head; anal similar to soft dorsal but somewhat lower, the rays 2.4 in head; caudal slightly rounded, 
the rays 1.5 in head; ventral long, the outer ray produced, nearly reaching origin of anal, 1.4 in head; 
pectoral moderate, reaching vertical at vent, 1.4 in head; scales large, their edges soft, the surface 
finely striate, scales of nape and breast much reduced; head naked; lateral line complete, following ' 
contour of back to line of fourth dorsal ray from last, where it curves downward 3 rows of scales and 
continues to base of caudal; pores of lateral line with 3 to 7 or 8 branches. 
Color in life, each scale with a dark red crescent spot, convex anteriorly, bordered posteriorly 
with blue; head bright red, with a bright green stripe on median line from snout to base of caudal, 
another of same color along upper margin of eye on to the body, where it continues more or less dis- 
tinctly just above lateral line about half length of body; a narrow green line from snout to middle of 
anterior margin of eye; a bright green stripe from near angle of mouth along lower margin of lower 
limb of preopercle and on subopercle and opercle, this green gradually shading into blue on throat and 
belly; a black spot behind eye surrounded by bright green, with red spots in some specimens; dorsal 
fin dark red, with a row of dark green oblong spots on proximal border, one spot on each interspinous 
Fig. 123 . — Halichcpres ornatissimus (Garrett). Type of H. iridesccns Jenkins. 
membrane, a green longitudinal band on outer portion, with a very narrow outer margin of light blue; 
a black spot on membrane between first and second spines; in one example a double blotch between 
first and third soft rays, and a median row of green spots, the detail of markings of this fin varying in 
each specimen examined; anal dark red with a green band along central portion, outer margin with 
narrow blue line; caudal dark red, with across band of bluish green at the base, and 2 or 3 other 
cross bands often broken up into spots of green with orange centers; ventrals blue with a dark line on 
anterior portion; pectoral pale red, with base and axil bright green. 
A very brilliant little fish taken from the coral reefs, apparently not very common. It was not 
obtained by us and is known only from the 3 examples collected by Dr. Jenkins in 1889, the earlier 
description of Garrett, and from examples taken at Honolulu by the Albatross. These specimens vary 
in length from 5 to 6 inches. 
■Tulis ornatissimus Garrett, Proc. Cal. Ac. Nat. Sei., Ill, 1863, 63, Hawaii. 
iralic.ha.res iridesccns Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XIX, 1899 (Aug. 30, 1900), 47, fig. 2, Honolulu (type, No.6131, L. S. 
Jr. Univ. Mils., coll. O. P. Jenkins) ; Jenkins, op. fit., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 460. 
Halichoeres ornatissimus, Snyder, op. cit., XXII, 1902 (Jan. 19, 1904), 528 (Honolulu). 
