New Fish Records from Hawaii: Hime , Pikea , and Omobranchus 
Donald W. Strasburg 1 
In their recent Handbook of Hawaiian 
Fishes Gosline and Brock (I960) record 584 
species of fish from Hawaii, and point out that 
many more may be expected when depths greater 
than 100 ft are sampled extensively. About 
one new Hawaiian fish has been recorded each 
year since the Handbook’s appearance, with 
most coming from deep water (Gosline, I960: 
28; Randall, 1961:58; 1963:432,447; Strasburg, 
1960:395). The present paper documents two 
new Hawaiian records obtained by deep hand- 
lining, and confirms the presence of a shallow- 
water blenny hitherto known only under peculiar 
circumstances. 
Thanks are due Mr. Kuni Sakamoto of Hono- 
lulu for donating the handlined specimens, Mr. 
Joseph Harada of the Bureau of Commercial 
Fisheries Biological Laboratory in Honolulu for 
contributing the blenny, Dr. William A. Gos- 
line for the loan of specimens in the University 
of Hawaii collections, and Mr. Tamotsu Nakata 
of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Bio- 
logical Laboratory in Honolulu for preparing 
Figure 1. 
FAMILY AULOPIDAE 
Figure 1 depicts the first recorded Hawaiian 
specimen of the Aulopidae, an immature female 
of Hime japonicus ( Giinther ) . This fish was 
taken by bottomfishing with a handline at a 
depth of 780' ft. It was captured on April 15, 
1963 by Mr. Kuni Sakamoto of the M/V "Kotin 
Mam” of Honolulu. The capture site lies be- 
tween Lanai and Kahoolawe, islands near the 
center of the main Hawaiian group. 
Counts made on this specimen are: D 16, 
A 10, P 11-11, V 9-9, C 9 + 1 + 9, lateral line 
scales 43=43, transverse scale rows at level of 
fourth dorsal ray 314 + 1 + 51/2, predorsal scales 
13, branchiostegal rays 13, and gill rakers on 
1 U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological 
Laboratory, Honolulu, Hawaii. Manuscript received 
August 12, 1964. 
first arch 4 + 1 + 13. Measurements (in mm) 
are: standard length 219, head length 65, snout 
length 17.5, greatest eye diameter 17.7, greatest 
depth of body 41.3, least depth of caudal 
peduncle 1 6.2. snout to dorsal origin (diagonal) 
77, length of dorsal base 64, snout to anal origin 
(diagonal) 165, length of anal base 23, longest 
dorsal ray (third) 41, longest pectoral ray (third 
from top) 39, longest pelvic ray (fourth) 44.5, 
longest anal ray (third) 20, greatest dimension 
of adipose fin 6.8, and width of bony inter orbi- 
tal 11. 
The teeth are arranged in villiform bands in 
both jaws and on the vomer and palatines. The 
outer teeth are shorter than the inner ones. The 
center of the tongue bears an elongate band of 
tiny villiform teeth which are too small to be 
seen by the unaided eye, but which can be easily 
felt by probing with a finger or a needle. There 
is a single nostril on each side, guarded anteri- 
orly by a small flap of skin. 
The fish was frozen after capture and was 
thawed and photographed three days later. Its 
life coloration was as follows, based on a 35- 
mm transparency and field notes: Upper sides 
brownish-red, with dark-brown saddles running 
to the midsides beneath the anterior part of the 
dorsal fin, the posterior part of the dorsal fin, the 
adipose fin, and just before the caudal base. 
Interspaces between these saddles streaked with 
yellow pigment above lateral line. Lower sides 
silvery-white, blotched irregularly with vermil- 
ion. Throat, breast, and belly white; ventral side 
of tail and gill membranes lemon. Top of head 
olive-brown, cheeks silvery with red blotches, 
snout and opercle olive-brown with red blotches, 
iris yellow. Dorsal fin gray with round ver- 
milion spots arranged in four irregular diagonal 
rows, largest spots about size of pupil; anal fin 
pale lemon; lower lobe of caudal yellow, with 
upper and lower rays streaked with red; upper 
lobe of caudal gray, blotched irregularly with 
lemon and red; pelvics lemon with orange 
blotches; pectorals hyaline with five vermilion 
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