CEPHALOPODA OE THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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Table HI. — Bathymetric Distribution op Hawaiian Cephalopods. 
Shore. 
Surface. 
Surface to loo fathoms. 
100 to 500 fathoms. 
Over 500 fathoms. 
OCTOPODA. 
OCTOPODA. 
OCTOPODA. 
OCTOPODA. 
OCTOPODA. 
Polypus hawaiiensis. 
Polypus marmoratus. 
Polypus ornatus. 
Polypus T. 
Polyphus S. 
Argonauta bottgeri . 
Tremoctopus violaceus. 
Polypus a. 
Polypus 
Polypus r. 
Polypus £. 
Laetmoteuthis lugubris. 
Alloposus mollis. 
Polypus hoylei. 
Polypus e. 
Scaeurgus patagiatus 
Eledonella sp. 
DECAPODA. 
DECAPODA. 
DECAPODA. 
DECAPODA. 
DECAPODA 
Sepioteuthis a r c t i - 
pinnis. 
Euprymna scolopes , 
Euprymna scolopes. 
Onychoteuthis banksii. 
Abraliopsis (young). 
Histioteuthid (young). 
Brachioteuthis riisei, 
Rhyncoteuthion a. 
Rhyncoteuthion 
Liocranchia globulus. 
Euprymna scolopes 
Onychoteuthis banksii. 
Ommastrephes hawaii- 
ensis. 
Symplectoteuthis ouala- 
niensis. 
Euprymna scolopes. 
Stoloteuthis iris. 
Heteroteuthis hawaiien- 
sis. 
Teleoteuthis compacta. 
Abralia astrosticta. 
Abralia trigonura. 
Pterygioteuthis micro- 
lampas. 
Ommastrephes hawaii- 
ensis. 
Mastigoteuthis (?) fame- 
lica. 
Megalocranchia fisheri. 
Helicocranchia sp. 
Heteroteuthis hawaii- 
ensis (?) 
Teleoteuthis compac- 
ta(?) 
Mastigoteuthis( ? )fame- 
lica(?) 
COMPARATIVE ABUNDANCE. 
The comparative abundance of the different species in the collection is readily 
appreciated by a glance at the figures appended to the synopsis on page 260. It is remark- 
able that out of a total of 210 specimens examined, 64, or nearly one-third, are Euprymna 
scolopes. Of the remainder, 31 , or nearly one-sixth of the total, are Tremoctopus violaceus; 
15 are the immature Polypus designated as ^ 5 ; 13 are Polypus marmoratus; eleven are the 
larval ommastrephids known as Rhyncoteuthion; 8 are Brachioteuthis riisei, while SccBur- 
gus patagiatus and Ommastrephes hawaiiensis are represented by 7 specimens each. 
The most notable catch of cephalopods made by the Albatross in any single haul 
was in the surface nets at station 3926, between Oahu and Laysan Islands, where 
1 1 specimens representing 1 species each of no less than 5 genera were obtained. 
LOCAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Regarding the distribution and relative frequency of the littoral and shallow- 
water species among the respective islands of the archipelago, little or nothing can be said 
at the present time. As would be expected, most of the collecting has been done on 
Oahu in the neighborhood of Honolulu ; a few specimens have occasionally come to hand 
from Maui, but almost nothing from the other islands. The remote islands of the 
Midway Group ought to prove particularly interesting in this respect, since their oceanic 
extent is large and we are completely ignorant concerning the cephalopods of theii 
littoral fauna. 
