SCARICHTHYIDAE. 
Leples eqrys | a 
sandwicensis (Valenciennes). fxs [Js 
Head. 3 t0-S 1/4; depth 2.3/5 to 2 3/4; D.TKH10.4; Ay 
Til, 9, 13} scales 17 to 20 in upper section of: lateral line, 
5 to caudal base in lower section, and & more on caudal base; 
2 scales above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 2to 
soft dorsal origin and 6 below to spinous anal origin; predor- 
sal scales 4 to 63 snout 2 3/5 to 2 4/5 in head; eye 5 to 5 1/2; 
mouth 3 1/2 to 3 7/83; interorbital 4 1/5 to 4 2/5; head width 
21/8 to 21/5, Snout conic, width 11/5 its length. Above 
2 small] canines, Rakers 5410, short lanceolate points, 
about 1/4 of filaments, which long as eye, Sceles with 33 to 
So basal radiating striae, apical 68 to 80. Color in alcohol 
dull brownish, finely specked or mottled with darker. Trunk 
with whitish or pale scattered spots, each little smaller than 
eye, though marked also with dark mottlings, Fins all brown- 
ish, with dark transverse waved bands or bars, Dusky-brown 
blotch on membrane between first 2 dorsal spines, length 215 
to 240 mm, Oahu and Mavi. Besides these 2 examples we have 
compared an Hawaiian exemple fin the Academy, 
Scaridea zonarcha Jenkins, Ray 7 G- 
Head 3; depth 2 3/5 to 2 2/3; D, TK Oy BRO BS Soe 
1; scales 19 or 20 in upper section of lateral line, 
in lower section to caudal base and one more on latter; 
scale above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 5 below 
