1/5 to 1 2/5 in head; pectoral 
1° a/> 46 1 1/5: ventral 15 to 1 7/8. 
Color in alcohol: brownish above, paler below. kach 
scale on back with narrow ares of dusky dots or specks sub- 
merginally, but well back from scale edge. Side of head 
AY 
snd iris silvery-white, dark dots on muzzle and few on 
under pe weee Oteane silvery-white band extends from shoul- 
der to caudal base medially,(little less than _eye-diameter 
Cin width, Fins all plain, pale. Length 53 to 87 mm. Three 
from Maui. 
Besides the above we,also, include an example in 
Academy from Honolulu. This species is allied with H 
uis (Lacepede) and H. lacunosa (Schneider) in its gill-rek- 
ers, but miffers in its uniform pale pectorals. 
Chirostoma mauleanum Steindachner. 
peee 4 3/5: Gop 62%; 0. VI,i1, 7; A. 11, 12; -P. 1, 
5: scales (pockets) 77 in median lateral series 
from shoulder to caudal base; 12? scales trensversely at 
soft dorsal origin; snout 3 1/8 in head; eye 4; mexillary 
4 1/3; interorbital 3s. oe 
Co ALA 
Body em@peSertity compressed moderately, at least behind; 
JN 
caudal peduncle with least depth about 6 in its length or 
3 1/8 in head. Head width 2 2/5 its length. Snout rather 
obtuse, sbout long as wide. Hye moderate, hind pupil edge 
slightly in advance of center in head length, Mouth small, 
