FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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dorsal and anal, together with caudal, pale gray white with brownish wavy bars; pectoral with outer 
portion gray white barred with brownish wavy bars, basal portion black; ventral black. 
We have 10 examples, 2 (including the type) taken by Jenkins at Honolulu, 5 by us at the same 
place, 2 by us on the reef at Waikiki, and one from Hilo. Specimens were also obtained by the 
Albatross at Honolulu. Our specimens are from less than an inch to 1.8 inches long. 
Sebastopsis kJloggi Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 492, tig. 37, Honolulu (type, No. 50694, 
U. S. N. M.); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 1904), 535 (Honolulu). 
384. Sebastopsis parvipinnis (Garrett). 
Head 3 in total length; depth slightly less than 3; eye nearly 4 in head. D. xiii, 10; A. hi, 5; 
V. i, 5; P. vn, 9; C. 5, 1, 6, 5, 1, 3. 
Upper and lower outlines similar, being greatly arched; eye large, circular; 4 spines along upper 
edge of orbit, the same number on each side of the occipital region and nape, the posterior one the 
larger; 2 infraorbital spines, 1 on the nasal bone, and a longitudinal row of 4 along the supratympanic 
region; 2 on opercle, the lower one long and projecting posterior to the margin of that hone; a stout 
one on humeral region, 1 on infraorbital, 3 on margin of preoperele and a longitudinal row of irregu- 
larly disposed ones on cheek; lower jaw slightly longer than upper; maxillary reaching posterior 
border of eye. Fine scales covering basal portions of all the fins except the ventrals, and all parts of 
head except the jaws and lower half of maxillary bone; minute filaments on all parts of body, most 
numerous on upper anterior third. 
Dorsal and anal fins small, the former commencing above origin of latter; spinous dorsal very 
low, gently arched, constituting nearly two-thirds of fin; soft portion of anal very narrow and 
rounded off. 
Color, head and anterior half of body grayish, passing into light carnation beneath, and obscurely 
clouded with dusky; posterior half of body dusky black, fading into pink beneath, maculated with 
small darker spots; caudal trunk pink; 2 large dusky black spots on anterior dorsal region; iris 
greenish-yellow; fins pinky-red; spinous dorsal being mottled with dusky, other fins dotted with 
pinky-brown, a bar of the same color on the caudal base. (Garrett.) 
Known only from Honolulu, from the type, and another specimen obtained by the Albatross, 
Scorpsera parvipinnis Garrett Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1863, 105, Hawaiian Islands; Gunther, Fische der Stidsee, 75, LII, fig. ir, 
1875 (Sandwich Islands). 
Sebastopsis parvipinnis, Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Jan. 19, 1904), 535 (Honolulu). 
Genus 214. PTEROIS Cuvier. 
Body elongate, compressed, covered with moderate or small-sized scales, which are usually not 
ciliated; bones of head well armed; the upper surface of head with cirri; opercle with a spine; mouth 
large, with teeth on jaws and vomer, none on palatines; dorsal fin elevated, with 12 or 13 spines, 
which are slender, sharp, and joined by membrane only at base; soft dorsal with branched rays; anal 
with 3 spines and 6 to 8 branched rays; caudal rounded or truncate; ventral moderate, or long, the 
rays i, 5; pectoral greatly elongate, the rays simple and largely free from the base, the tips reaching 
to or beyond the caudal fin. 
Species of rather large size, abounding about the coral reefs in the tropical Pacific, dreaded by 
fishermen on account of their venomous spines. The coloration is very showy, most of the species 
being yellowish with dark bands. 
Pseudomonoptcrus Klein, Missus, Pisces, V, 1756, 76 (nonbinomial) ( volitans ). 
Pseudopterus Klein, same type. 
Les Pterois Cuvier, R6gne Animal, ed. I, 286, 1817 (volitans). 
Pterois Oken, Isis, 1817, 1182, same type. 
Pterois Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 351, 1829 (volitans). 
Macrochyrus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classn. Anim., IT, 264, 1839 (miles). 
Pteroleptus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classn. Anim., II, 264,1839 ( longicauda ), 
Pteropterus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classn. Anim., II, 264,1839 (radiata). 
