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the interorbital space strongly convex; nostrils in a rofmded shallow pit; gill-slit slightly oblique 
upward and backward, its lower end in front of upper base of pectoral, its length 1.5 times diameter 
of orbit. 
Body uniformly rough sandpapery, 2 rows each of 2 short, recurved spines on caudal peduncle in 
males, none in females. Dorsal spine long, slender and somewhat roughened, its insertion slightly 
anterior to middle of orbit, its length 1.2 in head; dorsal groove deep anteriorly or shallow posteriorly, 
not quite reaching soft dorsal; distance between origin of soft dorsal and posterior base of dorsal spine 
slightly greater than snout to eye; anterior dorsal rays somewhat elevated, their length a little more 
than half head; anal similar to soft dorsal, the rays about equally long; caudal when spread slightly 
convex; pectoral short, its edges nearly parallel, its length 2.3 in head; pelvic spine short, stiff, not 
movable. 
Color in life, but somewhat faded (No. 03352), uniform rich brownish black; jaws whitish; dorsal 
spine olive-brown; soft dorsal with the rays rich orange, the membranes pale; caudal with membranes 
pale, flesh color, the rays brownish black, tipped with reddish orange; anal like soft dorsal; pectoral 
with the membranes colorless, the rays rich orange; iris dirty greenish. 
Color in spirits variable, but usually a dull satiny brown, uniform over head and body; dorsal 
spine dusky; the series of scales sheathing the bases of dorsal and anal abruptly brownish black; the 
fins yellowish white; caudal dusky brown; pectoral yellowish white, the base dark brown; side of 
body and head sometimes with scattered small round black spots, these showing on only one (No. 
05418) of our specimens. 
This species is represented in our collection by 14 specimens, 1 from Hilo, the others from Hono- 
lulu; of the latter 5 were collected by Doctor Jenkins and 4 by Doctor Wood. Other examples were 
obtained by the Albatross at Honolulu and at Puako Bay, Hawaii. Also recorded from Socorro Island. 
Batistes sandwichiensis Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. t'Uranie, Zool., 214, 1824, Sandwich Islands. 
Cantherines nasutus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Class, Fishes, II, 327, 1839; substitute for B. sandwichiensis Quoy & Gaimard. 
Monacanthus pardalis Runuell, N. W. Fisch., 57, pi. 15, fig. 3, 1855; Gunther, Cat., VIII, 230, 1870, in part; Steindachner, 
Denks, Ak. Wiss. Wien., LXX, 517 (Honolulu). 
Cantherines carolse Jordan & McGregor in Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., II, 1713, 1898, Clai’ion Island, 
by error; Socorro Island meant (type, No. 11995, Stanford Univ. Mus. Coll. R. C. McGregor); Jordan & McGregor, 
Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., XXIV, 1898 (1899), 281, PI. 6, Socorro Island. 
Cantherines sandwichiensis, Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 514 (Sandwich Islands); Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 
XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 484 (Honolulu); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 1904), 534 (Honolulu; Puako Bay, Hawaii). 
