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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED SLATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Another specimen (No. 03452) had, in life, the general color brown and olive with reddish along 
ventral portions of body and head; each scale with a group of irregularly-shaped gray dots; dorsal 
more olive, with reticulations of gray; black dorsal spot faint or obsolete; large dark blotch over distal 
half of last 5 rays of soft dorsal interrupted by gray spots; caudal reddish olive, crossed by irregular 
bands of gray; anal with reddish dark mottlings at base, with gray markings; ventrals reddish with 
gray markings; pectoral membranes transparent, the rays reddish olive; head colored like the body; 
under surface of pectoral at base black. 
Color in alcohol (No. 03368) dull grayish or olivaceous on head and body, somewhat mottled with 
paler and darker brown, under parts grayish; side without distinct spots or specks; dorsal and anal 
blackish, with faint marblings of lighter; caudal obscurely barred with light and darker, the edge 
narrowly white; pectoral blackish at base, distally pale; ventrals dusky. 
The numerous examples show considerable variation in color in spirits, chiefly with reference to 
the marbling of the dorsal and caudal fins. In many examples the mottling of these fins is quite dis- 
tinct, while in others it is scarcely evident; some examples show all gradations between these two. 
The sides of body and head also are variously mottled gray. In some examples the body is very dark 
brown, the vertical fins almost black, and the pectoral black on its basal half. 
The originial description of Callyodon sandvicensis by Cuvier and Valenciennes, as well as a rede- 
scription by Valenciennes, is very incomplete, and except for the agreement in locality we would 
hesitate to consider ours the same species. This fact, however, makes the identification entirely 
reasonable. 
The species is very common in the market at Honolulu, from which place we have 24 specimens. 
We have none from Hilo, but have 3 from Kailua. The length ranges from 5 to 14.75 inches. 
Callyodon sandvicensis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIV, 295, 1839, Sandwich Islands (Coll. Quoy & Gaimard); 
Guichenot, Cat. Searides, 62, 1865, in Mem. Soc. Imp. Sci. Cherbourg, XI (a redescription of type); Gunther, Cat., 
IV, 213, 1862 (footnote). 
Cryptotomus sandwicensis, Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 512 (Hawaiian Islands). 
Calotomus sandvicensis, Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 467 (Honolulu). 
271. Calotomus snyderi Jenkins. Fig. 145. 
Head 3.2 in length; depth 2.6; eye 5.6 in head; snout 2.8; preorbital 4.7; interorbital 4; D. ix, 
10; A. hi, 10; P. 12; scales 2-25-6. 
Body short, deep, and much compressed; dorsal outline rather straight from tip of snout to nape, 
from which point it is gently convex to origin of dorsal, thence in a long, low curve to base of caudal 
Fig. 145. — Calotomus snyderi Jenkins; from the type. 
