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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Color in alcohol, deep brown, dorsal and anal fins blackish; caudal dusky along middle of margin; 
side without blue or pale lines; margin of gill-opening dusky; pectoral dark brownish, margin broadly 
pale yellowish-white; ventrals blackish on outer portion, brownish on basal portions of rays, the mem- 
branes whitish; lips brown. 
Described from an example (No. 05662) taken at Honolulu. This species has been recorded from 
Oualan, Isle of France, and the Hawaiian Islands. It does not appear to be common, as only 1 small 
specimen was secured by Jenkins and 3 by us, all from Honolulu. Our examples are 6 to 14.5 inches 
long. 
Acanthurus matoides Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., X, 204, 1835, Oualan. 
Acanthurus. blochi Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., X, 209, 1835; after PI. 203 of Bloch. 
Acanthurus annularis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., X, 209, 1835, Isle of France. 
Teuthis annularis, Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 513 (Sandwich Islands). 
Teuthis matoides , Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 478 (Honolulu). 
315. Hepatus guntheri (Jenkins). “Pualu.” Fig. 168. 
Head 4 in length; depth 1.8; eye 3.5 in head; snout 1.4; interorbital 2.7; D. ix, 26; A. iit, 24. 
Body deeply ovoid, greatest depth at origin of anal; head deep, compressed, upper profile obliquely 
convex from tip of snout to spinous dorsal; eye rather large, high, in last third of head; nostrils small, 
Fig. 168. — Hepatus guntheri (Jenkins); from the type. 
close together, anterior the larger, rounded, with thin fleshy flap; mouth small, low, inferior; jaws 
blunt, slightly produced, lower inferior; interorbital space broad, elevated, convex; margin of pre- 
opercle forming an angle below anterior rim of orbit; dorsal spines slender, graduated to last, which is 
1.25 in head; soft dorsal and anal not pointed behind; eighth dorsal ray 1.2 in head; third anal spine 
longest, 1.9; eighth anal ray 1.25; caudal long, emarginate; pectoral longer than head, 3.5 in body; 
ventrals sharp-pointed, 1.2 in head; ventral spine 1.9; caudal peduncle compressed, its least depth 2.2; 
caudal spine short, 1.5 in eye; scales small, crowded, ctenoid; very minute scales on basal portions of 
vertical fins; lateral line nearly concurrent with dorsal profile of back, straight from anterior dorsal 
spines to below middle of soft dorsal, then running down above edge of caudal spine to base of caudal. 
Color in life (field No. 199, O. P. J. ), general color brown; an orange-yellow band along back just 
below base of dorsal, just above yellow band a blue line; 4 golden longitudinal bands on dorsal fin, 
