1055 . 
Scales (pockets) 90 in lateral line; 7 above, 16? below, 12 
predorsal forward till opposite hind eye edge. Scales with 5 to 7 
parallel apical rows of long slender spinules, last extending well 
behind scale edge; circuli moderate, complete* 
D* 11 . 10 or 11, 11__75, second simple ray pungent, slender, 
with row of antrorse spinules along front edge, length 1 4/5 in head; 
interdorsal space 3 3/5; A. 98, fin height 6?; pectoral rays I, 21 or 
1. 22, fin 1 7/8 to 2 l/8 in head; ventral rays I_, 7 or I, 8, fin 1 
3/4 to 2 2/5, first ray ending in filament. 
Light brown, head paler above and forward, especially muzzle. 
Under surface of head pale to whitish, only faint gray tints on mandible 
below, branch!ostegal region and opercles. Isthmus pale, breast coppery 
and belly behind and above ventral to pectoral bases violaceous blaek or 
neutral gray. Iris gray* Inside gill opening forward and below white, 
above blackish* Fins pale or lighter than tail, except ventrals, which 
with blackish bases. 
Hawaiian Islands* 
