FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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230. Anampses evermanni Jenkins. “ Opule lauli.” Fig. 127. 
Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.6; eye 8 in head; snout 2.9; preorbital 4; interorbital 4; D. ix, 12; 
A. in, 12; scales 4-27-10. 
Body short, oval, deep, and compressed, deepest anteriorly; anterior profile rather straight from 
tip of snout to nape, thence in a long curve to caudal peduncle; ventral contour evenly curved from 
tip of snout to origin of anal, thence in a long low curve to base of caudal peduncle; head short, nearly 
as deep as long; snout short, evenly conic; mouth very small, in line with axis of bod)'; jaws anteri- 
orly each with 2 prominent canines, flattened and curved forward, with cutting edges; eye small, above 
axis of body; interorbital high, somewhat trenchant; caudal peduncle greatly compressed, its least 
depth 2 in head; scales large, deep, the edges thin and soft; scales of breast and nape much reduced; 
scales with a few thin striae or lines; lateral line following contour of back until under fourth dorsal 
ray from last, where it curves downward 3 rows of scales and continues to base of caudal; a row of 
small scales at base of dorsal and several series on base of caudal; head entirely naked; fins rather 
large; origin of dorsal above upper end of gill-operyng; longest dorsal spines shorter than snout, the 
rays a little longer; anal similar to soft dorsal, the rays about equally long; caudal truncate, about 2 
in head; ventrals very short, 2.5 in head; pectoral longer, 1.7 in head. 
Color in life, brownish red, with a narrow vertical blue line on each scale; snout blue; chin, 
throat, and sides of head with blue reticulations; dorsal fin brownish red, the outer margin blue, the 
fin with 7 or 8 longitudinal wavy blue lines and rows of dots, some running into each other and 
making reticulations; ground-color of anal red, the outer margin blue, the fin with 4 or 5 distinct 
longitudinal lines; ventral fin red with blue lines and dots and blue on anterior margin; pectoral 
olive, anterior margin blue; caudal red with longitudinal blue lines. 
Color in alcohol, bluish brown on head and body, lower jaw blue and green, the sides purplish, 
breast and belly purplish and bluish; scales of side each with a narrow vertical pale bluish streak, 
these forming irregular vertical bars; dorsal purplish, the edge bluish green, the membranes with 
irregular pea-green lines and spots in about 5 series, these sometimes coalescing and reticulate; anal 
purplish, the edge pea-green, the membranes crossed by 5 narrow blue-green lines, parallel and con- 
tinuous; caudal brownish at base, paler distally, the membranes with some greenish; ventrals dusky, 
greenish on anterior margin; pectoral brownish white, dusky at base and anteriorly. 
This species appears to be related to Anampses godeffroyi Gunther, from which it differs markedly 
in the coloration and in the larger scales. Gunther states that his specimen had 30 scales in the lateral 
