106. SCORP^ENnXE SEBASTODES. G55 



7(?(. Body without stellate spots. 



o. Pale blotches on sides surrounded by purple shades; 



head with purplish above ; man- 

 dible naked rosacrus. 



oo. Pale blotches on sides surrounded by green shades ; 



no purple; cranial ridges very 

 sharp ; mandible partly scaly. 



rhodochloris. 



mm. Dorsal spines very high, the highest half the length of 



head; body above with many 

 small round green spots. 



chlorosiictus. 

 Jck. Postocular spine wanting. 



p. Mandible scaly, its tip much projecting; perito- 

 neum dusky; interorbital space 

 concave ; body comparatively 



elongate donyatus. 



pp. Mandible naked ; peritoneum white ; body deep. 

 q. Scales on head mostly cycloid; lower jaw pro- 

 jecting; second anal spine much 

 stronger than third ; color pink- 

 ish white ; banded with deep 



crimson rubrivinctus. 



qq. Scales on head ctenoid; lower jaw usually in- 

 cluded; second anal spine lit- 

 tle enlarged. (SEBASTICHTHYS 

 Gill.) 



r. Coronal spines present; cranial ridges moderate; 

 color brownish, mottled. 



auriculattis. 

 rr. Coronal spines none. 



. Cranial ridges with entire edges. 

 t. Nuchal ridges none. 



u. Gill-rakers extremely short, most of them 

 as wide as high; general color 



dusky-greenish rastrelligcr. 



uu. Gill-rakers higher than wide. 



v. Highest dorsal spine notably more than 



half length of head. 



10. Head and upper parts not speckled 

 with orange; membrane of spi- 

 nous dorsal not very deeply in- 

 cised, 

 x. Color dark brown, varied with 



light brown caurinus. 



xx. Color reddish, varied with yel- 

 lowish ; dorsal spines higher. 



vexillaris. 



ww. Head and upper parts everywhere 

 speckled with orange; front of 

 ba>ck yellowish; soft fins black; 

 dorsal spines extremely high, 

 their membranes deeply incised. 



maliger. 



