FISHES FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 171

opening large, filaments rather large; gillrakers long, fine, longest longer than longest gill-filaments; pseudobranchire very large, outer portions free for half their length; dorsal spines slender, first 3.4 in head, second 2.6, third 2.2, fourth 2.2, tenth 6.4, and last 3.5; anterior dorsal rays elevated; produced into a point, first 1.8, second 1.7, and last 8; first and second anal spines short, third 2.6, and fourth 2.8; soft anal similar to soft dorsal, anterior ray 1.75, third 1.8, and last 6; caudal forked, lobes pointed, 1.2; pectoral rather small, pointed, 1.4; ventral 1.6, reaching .65 distance to anus; caudal peduncle elongate, compressed, 2.2 in head,' its depth 3.25; scales large, ctenoid, deep; lateral line slightly arched, running obliquely down on side along upper part of caudal peduncle; 4 rudimentary caudal rays above and below, slender, sharp-pointed, and graduated.

Color in life (No. 03370), deep red, with silvery luster: no stripes on side, a blood-red band across gill-opening and base of pectoral; fins deep red, without white edgings, distal half of spinous dorsal shading into orange.

Color in alcohol, pale straw-color, fins plain and paler; upper margin of opercle blackish, and axil of pectoral black; anterior margins of soft dorsal and anal whitish.

We take pleasure in naming this species for Mr. Louis E. Berndt, superintendent of the Honolulu market. Described from au example (No. 03346) taken at Honolulu, where the species is rather common. Our collections contain the following specimens:
Fin"l disposition of
specimen.
dKr.ei.l~~' 3947, Field
type, No. 24212, Ae .
N"t. Sci. Phlll,
type, No. 7451, L. S. Jr.
Univ, Mus.
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Finul disposition of I J"leld1. Loealf ty. specnncn, No. Length. Loculity.
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Honolulu, Type, No. 50627, U. S. N. M. 04870 9 Honolulu. Co
.....do .... Ootype, No. 16818, Bishop Mus .
.....do .... Ootype, No. • M. C. Z. 04872 8 .....do .... Co
.....do .... Ootype, No. 2701,U. S. F. O.
..... do .... o~~eH:fsf.' 2282, Am. Mus. 04873 8.5 . ....do .... Co
.....do .... Ootype, No. 1489, 0,,1. Ae. Sci. 04874 7 .....do ....
.....do .... Ootype, No. 50628, U. S. N. JlI. 04878 7 ..... do ....
.....do .... Ootype, No. 9801, Mus. Ind. 04882 7 .....do ....
Unlv. 04881; 8 .....do ....
04891 9 .....do ....
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Iucluis
0334G 9
03370 8
04834 8
04836 7
04849 7
04850 7
04856 7
04857 8.5
Field Lengtl
No.

14. Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann, new species.
Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.5; eye 2.4 in head; snout 5.5; maxillary 1.9; mandible 1.8; inter-orbital 5; D. X-I, 14; A. IV, 12; scales 4-34-6.

Body short, stout, and compressed; dorsal profile evenly convex from tip of snout to origin of soft dorsal; ventral outline nearly straight to origin of anal whose base is equally oblique with that of soft dorsal; caudal peduncle short but slender, and not greatly compressed, Its length from base of last dorsal ray to first short spinous caudal ray 1.3 in eye, its least width about 3 in its least depth which is 1.8 in eye; head heavy, short; mouth moderately large, the gape in closed mouth reaching vertical 6f middle of eye; maxillary .very broad, triangular, reaching nearly to vertical of posterior line of eye, with a broad, curved supplemental border; surface of maxillary roughly striated, anterior edge near the angle strongly dentate; lower jaw strong, somewhat projecting, the tip with 2 rounded rough prominences fitting into a distinct notch in upper jaw; teeth short, in narrow villiform bands in jaws and on palatines, a small patch on vomer, none on tongue; eye very large, orbit exceeding postocular part of head; lower edge of eye on level with axis of body; snout short, 2 in orbit; interorbital space nearly flat, strongly rugose; 2 long ridges from preorbitals to nape; outside of these a short ridge beginning above front of pupil, extending backward and branching upon nape; supraocular ridge spinescent posteriorly; suborbital narrow, strongly dentate below, upper edge in front somewhat roughened; opercular bonos all strongly toothed; opercular spine short and obscure (stronger in most of the cotypes); dorsal spines slender, fifth longest and strongest, its length 2.5 in head; first dorsal spine somewhat posterior to base of pectoral, its length 2 in eye, spines gradually shorter from fifth; space between dorsals very short, about equal to length of tenth spine; dorsal rays long, length of longest a little greater than orbit, last equal to pupil; first anal spine very short, second short and triangular, its length about 1.5 ill pupil; third anal spine long, strong and straight, longer than fourth, its length equal to diameter of orbit; fourth anal spine slender, its length 1.3 in orbit; anal rays longer than those of dorsal; caudal widely forked, lobes equal, their length 1.5 in head; pectoral long and narrow, its length 1.4 in head, the tip reaching past tips of ventrals; ventrals slender, pointed, nearly reaching vent and nearly a.s long as pectoral,