FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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similar to soft dorsal, the rays somewhat longer, the base somewhat shorter; caudal short and rounded, 
the rays about 1.75 in head; pectoral short, the upper rays longest, about 3 in head. 
Color in alcohol, rich brownish or velvety black; spinous dorsal black; soft dorsal pale yellowish 
or whitish, margined with black, the lower half crossed by 4 narrow parallel black lines; anal similar 
to soft dorsal, but with only 2 narrow black lines on its basal half; caudal dusky, yellowish at tip; 
pectoral yellowish. 
Only one specimen obtained, type. No. 50821, U.S.N.M. (field No. 05089), 6.25 inches long, 
Honolulu. 
Pachynathusmyeteris Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (April 11, 1903), 199, Honolulu. 
332. Balistes fuscolineatus Seale. 
Head 3.5 in length; depth 2; eye 4.5 in head; snout 1.65; interorbital 2.3; D. hi— 33; A. 30; scales 
54, 30 from vent to spinous dorsal; first dorsal spine 1.65 in head, equal to snout; longest dorsal ray 
2.2; longest anal ray 2.2; longest pectoral 2.25. 
Body oblong, compressed, blunter anteriorly; head short, deep, compressed, upper and lower 
outlines evenly arched; eye small, high, posterior; snout blunt; mouth small, terminal; jaws equal; 
lips thick; teeth incisor-like, with sharp notches, giving some of them a canine-like appearance; origin 
of spinous dorsal midway between eye and gill-opening, first spine strong, blunt, with 4 rows of 
decurved short spines, 2 rows on anterior face and 1 on each side; second dorsal spine 3 in first; dorsal 
and anal low, outlines slightly rounded, last rays 2 in longest rays; dorsal base equal to distance from 
anterior base of spinous dorsal to lower edge of lower lip; anal base equal to distance from origin of spi- 
nous dorsal to origin of soft dorsal; caudal rounded, its middle ray about 2 in head, slightly shorter 
than first dorsal spine; ventral spine short, broad, and movable only at tip; pectoral short, broad, and 
rounded; body and head entirely covered with scales, those of anterior portion of body and head 
slightly enlarged; 6 or 7 enlarged osseous plates, each with straight lines from center to edge, behind 
gill-opening; 6 or 7 rows of small spines or raised tubercles on the center of each scale on posterior 
portion of body. 
Color in life, silvery, with more or less opalescent reflections; 3 narrow dusky lines extending from 
anterior margin of orbit horizontally forward over snout; another dusky line over snout just above 
upper lip; 2 dusky lines over interorbital space; 2 rather indistinct dusky lines along base of dorsal 
fins, the lower of these lines beginning at orbit; also a narrow indistinct dusky line extending from 
posterior margin of orbit obliquely back and down to slightly above anal fin; another short dark line 
from upper posterior edge of orbit to axis of pectoral; 2 narrow dusky lines extending along liases of 
ventral and anal fins; spinous dorsal black; soft dorsal, pectoral, ventral spine, and anal fin white; 
caudal dusky. (Seale.) 
Color in alcohol, grayish olivaceous above, lighter below; the narrow stripes across snout and 
interorbital dark; soft dorsal and anal pale, with indications of dark mottling; spinous dorsal dark 
brown; caudal color of upper part of body; pectoral pale. 
One specimen, No. 03559, 5.65 inches long, from Honolulu. This and the type are the only known 
specimens. 
Balistes fuscolineatus Seale, Oec. Papers Bernice Pauahl Bishop Museum, I, No. 4, 9, fig. I, 1901, Honolulu. (Type, No. 661, 
B.P.B.M., coll. A. Seale.) 
333. Balistes vidua Solander. “ HumuJiumu hiukole;” ‘ ‘ Humuhumu uli.” Plate LX I. 
Head 3.5 in length; depth 2; eye 5.4 in head; snout 1.5; interorbital 2.5; I), hi, 34; A. 30; scales 
60, 38 from vent to origin of spinous dorsal; first dorsal spine 2 in head; longest dorsal ray 1.3; longest 
anal ray equal to snout; pectoral 2.25 in head. 
Body oblong, compressed, more blunt anteriorly; head short, deep, compressed; eye small, high, 
posterior; snout thick and blunt; mouth small, terminal; jaws equal; teeth notched, incisor-like, the 
2 anterior teeth of lower jaw not notched, but broad and sharp, the next 2 teeth with the anterior por- 
tion produced and hooked backward, their inner side with a grinding process; origin of spinous dorsal 
over gill-opening; soft dorsal and anal slightly concave, the anterior rays being produced; caudal 
truncate; ventral spine very short and blunt; pectoral short, slightly rounded; scales covering entire 
body and head, those on median portion of body largest; a distinct groove in front of eye (inadvert- 
