FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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top of head; dorsal rather high, thick, margin between rays incised, length of base 2.25 in body, and 
last ray not adnate to caudal peduncle by membrane; anal rounded, its base half that of dorsal, and 
last ray adnate on lower portion with caudal peduncle; caudal rounded; pectoral very broad; ventral 
small, inserted below anterior part of second dorsal spine; caudal peduncle compressed, its depth half 
length of head; head with many mucous pores, those above marked more or less by excrescences; 
lateral line superior and distinct at first till under second dorsal, then obsolete and running down 
toward anus; no cutaneous flaj^s. 
Color in alcohol, deep blackish brown, the side marbled with a deeper color; a large blackish 
brown spot on basal portion of posterior dorsal rays, and a similar one on same portion of anal; several 
blackish spots on side; tips of caudal, anal, and outer portions of pectoral and ventral rays pale or 
whitish brown; a whitish spot above base of pectoral. 
Described from an example (No. 2153) taken at Honolulu by Dr. Jenkins, which, with another 
obtained there by the Albatross, is the only example we have seen. The species is known by its very 
dark coloration, and is widely distributed in the tropical Pacific. 
Lophius commersonii Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., I, 327, 1798, South Seas. 
Chironedes commersonii, Cuvier, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Ill, 431, pi. 18, fig. 1, 1817. 
Antennarius commersonii, Cantor, Cat. Malay. Fish., 204, 1850 (Singapore); Gunther, Fische der Sudsee, V, 163, pis. 100, figs. 
B & C and pi. 106, 1876 (Raiatea; Bonham Island; Tahiti; Sandwich Islands; Society Islands; Zanzibar; Huahiue; 
Navigator Islands); Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LXX, 1900, 497 (Laysan); Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 
Phila. 1900, 519 (Sandwich Islands); Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 511 (Honolulu); 
Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 1904), 537 (Honolulu). 
Chironedes niger Garrett, Proc. Cal. Ac. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1868,107, Sandwich Islands. 
433. Antennarius leprosus (Eydoux & Souleyet). Fig. 228. 
Head (to end of opercle) 2.8 in length; depth 1.7; eye 2.5 in snout; snout 3.5 in head; maxillary 
1.8; width of mouth 1.8; interorbital 1.4; I), i— i— 1 2 ; A. 6; P. 10; V. 6. 
Body very deep, compressed, back well elevated; head very deep, with bluntly conic profile in 
front and above; snout broad, surface uneven; mouth broad, maxillary very oblique, reaching well 
belo.w posterior margin of eye; mandible large, with symphyseal knob, and projecting slightly; lips 
rather thin; teeth in broad bands in jaws, sharp pointed, more or less unequal in size, and depressible 
