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Hepatus achilles (Shaw). ¢¢ 
Painting of an example pode 3 
ety GW bt eh Op Ty 
Lo pomp ley mm fs 
Hepatus dugs et eet [vet cnadaunest: 
Head 2 3/4 to 2 4/5; depth 1 1/2 to 1 3/5; D. IX, 284 
A. III, 24, 1 or 25, i; snout 1 4/5 to 1 7/8 in head; eye 2 1/2 
to 2 3/4; maxillary 2 7/8 to 3 1/3; interorbital 3 to 3 4/5; 
head width 2 2/5 to 3, Rakers 5 +15 short lanceolate rudimentary 
points. Scales ei trout basal radiating striae; 4 to 6 apical 
denticles, Color in alcohol largely dull uniform blackish-brown, 
fins allcequally dark and without trace of pale markings, 
henath 43 to 57 mm, Two from the Hawaiian Islands, | 
Our examples Bhow no trace of the pale or whitish band 
from the front of spinous dorsal down to opercles, and the one 
across caudal peduncle as figured by Jordan and Evermann”*®, 
They are further of interest in comparison with 5 Hawaiian ex- 
amples recorded by Fowler as Teuthis annularis@* ’, They exhibit 
a remarkable extent of wariation, which at first may be construed 
as resolwing into 2 species, the other certainly representing 
2 
Acanthurus lineolatus Gunther: © $later named Teuthis atramen- 
tana 
tres, 
tus by Jordan and Evermann, 
246 Bull U.S.Fish Com,.,vol.33,part 1,1903(1905),p.386,f1g@.167 
BAT. Proc.Acad,Nat.sci,Priila.,1900,p. 513. 
248, Journ.Mus,Godeffroy,vol.1,1875,p.112,'1,73,fig.A. m™ 
heft 4, 
