. The deep-sea fishes [of the Hawaiian Islands]. Albatross (Steamer); Fishes. 628 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. fringes; flaps also present on cheeks and opercles, along lateral line, and scattered on scales of trunk; supraorbital flap long and broad, often incised, usually extending to base of nuchal spine; maxillary not extending to below miildle of the large eye; teeth very finely villifonn, in a broad band in pre- Miaxillaries, a narrow band in mandiljles, and still narrower bands on vomer and palatines; length of palatine l)and nearly equaling diameter of pupil; neither s
. The deep-sea fishes [of the Hawaiian Islands]. Albatross (Steamer); Fishes. 628 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. fringes; flaps also present on cheeks and opercles, along lateral line, and scattered on scales of trunk; supraorbital flap long and broad, often incised, usually extending to base of nuchal spine; maxillary not extending to below miildle of the large eye; teeth very finely villifonn, in a broad band in pre- Miaxillaries, a narrow band in mandiljles, and still narrower bands on vomer and palatines; length of palatine l)and nearly equaling diameter of pupil; neither slit nor pore behind fourth gill-arch, the lamina- of which are much reduced; gill-rakers short, slender, toothed, 7 freely movaljle on horizontal limb of anterior arch. Spinous dorsal evenly rounded; third and fifth spines equal, fourth a little longer; second anal spine much longer and stronger than third, a little shorter than fourth dorsal; only 3 or 4 of the pec- toral rays branched, the upper 2 and the lower 10 or 11 simple; pectoral base not procurrent, the lower rays but little thickened and exserted; upper rays of lower division of fin longer than the others; ventrals reaching front of anal fin; vent separated from anal fin by a distance equaling one-fourth length of Fig. â 2i'i.âSihiisliii)istes coloratun CJilhert, new species. Scales strongly ctenoid on sides, cycloid on belly, lireast, and prepectoral area, these regions all completely invested; a small patch of ctenoid scales behind eye on uppermost portions of cheeks and opercles; remainder of head wholly scaleless. Color in sjnrits: Ujiper half of body largely bright rose-red or purplish, traversed by a few irregular curved lines of the grayish olive ground color, one crossing back under last dorsal spines, one under last soft rays; lower parts all light grayish olive; interorbital space an<l upper part of eye bright red, lower half of iris yellowish or golden; red blotches on cheeks, opercles, bra
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