last 4 or 5 scales from caudal peduncle, Fifth dorsel spine 
1 7/8 to 2 in head; last 1$ to 2; seventh dorsal ray 1 2/5 
to 14; second anal spine 1 7/8; fifth anal ray 14 to 1 3/5; 
caudal well forked, upper lobe 1 to 1 1/8; pectoral 1 7/8; 
ventral 1 to 1 1/8. 
Color in alcohol largely uniform umber-brown, some ¢€x- 
amples burnt umber. Each scale on trunk appears with dark 
submarginal streak. Small blackish spot at pectoral axil, 
nearly large as pupil in large examples, Dorsal, caudal and 
pectoral dhll brown. Ventral and anal with dusky terminally. 
Tris pale brown, Length 85 to 120 mm, One without exact lo- 
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ceality, likely from Maui? We have also examined 5 examples 
in the Academy, one a paratvpe and the others identified by 
Fowler with P. nigricans, All are included above, 
Upon a comparison with a series of Samoan examples, of 
all ages, of P. nigricens (Lacépede), in the Academy, we 
find a large blackish blotch at the bases of the lest dorsal 
rays about size of pupil, present in every example and also 
showing on both sides of the fin, It would therefore appear 
a good character for distinction, though the original describe 
ers of P. jenkinsi failed to point out differences for their 
Hawaiian fish, which had for all previous time been identified 
with the Holocentrus nigricans Lacepede. 
