REPORT ON THE FISHES DREDGED IX DEEP WATER NEAR THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF TWENTY-THREE NEW SPECIES. By Charles Henry (tilbert, aud Frank Cramer. The material forming the basis of this rci)ort was secured by tlie Uuited States Fish Com mission steamer Albatross in December, 181)1, Avhile engaged in snrveyiug a cable loute between Cahfornia and Hou-ohihi. Eight liauls were made with the beam trawl in Kaiwi Channel, Hawaiian Islands, at tlepths of 295 to 375 fathoms. The fishes obtained are of extreme interest, all but five of the twenty-six species secured being nndescribed. Most remarkable among them is Pelecanichthys, a new generic type of deep-sea flounder, with distensible gular pouch. Two species are included which were obtained in the same locality by the use of the surface tow net. The following is a list of dredging stations, with names of sjiecies secured at each. Additional data concerning stations can be found in the re])ort of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries.^ Station 3467. [Deptli, 310 fathoms.] PromijUantur alcocki. H ymenocephal its antnrus. Diapluis urolampiis. MaUhopsis mitrifjer. Mjjcfoph mil fibulatiim. The two specimens of Chimwra said to have been taken at this sta-tion-were not included in the material submitted to us. Static?: 3470. [Depth, 343 fathoms.] Ddsi/xcopehis macrolrpidolKK. Chalinuriis ctenomelas. I'erhtcdioii liiaiis. Optoniirus atlierodon. Hijmcnoci'phaJus antraus. Malacocephalus hrvis. 1 Report of 1892, p. 58. -Rei)ort of the Commissioner, U. S. Fish aud Fisheries, 1892, p. 18. Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XIX— No. 1114. 403
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