edge in younger examples. Teeth above bifid, fine, even, close 
set, in single row, concealed in gums; inex lower teeth large, 
few, from single row of simple, erect, conic canines and outer 
teeth as fine, movable setiform row in lip. Tongue thick, rounded, 
Interorbital level,.to very slightly depressed. Rakers 1 ll, 
vestigeal tubercles; filaments about twice eye. Scales fine and 
crowded on predorsal and caudal base; 9 to 16 basal radiating 
striae; 16 or 17 apical denticles; circuli coarse and mostly ba- 
sal, Color in alcohol umber-brown, scarcely paler below. Dorsals 
and anals dusky to blackish, also median caudal rays, Soft dorsal 
and anal broadly bordered whitish, and together with caudal 
with many smell whitish round spots. Length 67 to 119 mn, 
from Oahu, 3 from Maui and 6 from Hilo. Yeven br waar ¢ ‘ga te ae 
hth | prow haut, | ifslo, | Powrgrnn D pant camd / Hfow 
Sicyopterus taéniurus, (Gunther). ¥ Sao 30 5. 
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Head 4 to 4 2/5; depth 4 7/8 to 5 bas DV =)2 <= 5y Wak oF 
12, 13; scales 50 to 60 from gill-opening to caudal base and 5 to 
8 more on latter; 16 or 17 scales transversely between soft dorsal 
and anal origins; 15 to 17 predorsal scales; snout 3 to 3 1/2 in 
head; eye 3 1/2 to 5 1/2; maxillary 2 to 3; interorbital 2 1/2 
to 3; head width 1 2/5. Snout convex, length 1 3/4 its width. 
Maxillary to hind eye edge. Teeth as in S. stimpsoni, except 
lower canines or inner row of larger teeth directed laterally, 
forward ones little enlarged. Tongue thick, rounded, Interorbital 
level, Rakers not developed; filaments slightly larger than eye, 
Scales with 15 to 18 basal radiating striae; long apicel denticles 
12 to 19; circuli numerous, basally, coarser above and below, 
