106. SCORP^ENID^E SEBATODES. 675 



chrysGwelas covered with thick skin; preocular, supraocular, tympanic, 

 and occipital present; occipital spines lower and narrower than in cliry- 

 somelas; preopercnlar spines small and bluntish. Gill-rakers short, 

 clavate. Spinous dorsal always higher than in clirysomelas, the highest 

 spines 2 in head, rather higher than the soft rays, the membranes more 

 deeply incised than in chrysomelas ; caudal truncate; anal moderately 

 high, the second spine, 2 in head, stronger and slightly longer than 

 third, about two-thirds height of soft rays ; pectorals rather short, 3 

 in head, about reaching to the vent, their bases very broad, the lower 

 rays thickened and fleshy; ventrals reaching vent. Peritoneum white. 

 Head 2|; depth 2f. D. XIII-13; A. Ill, 6; pyloric coeca 8; vertebra 

 12 -f 15; Lat. 1. 43. L. 14 inches. Coast of California, generally abun- 

 dant; in rather shallow water. 



(Sebastichthys carnatus Jor. & Gilb. Prop. U. S. Nat. Mug. 1880, 73.) 



1O31. S. c 11 ry some las Jor. & Gilb. 



Pattern of coloration precisely as in 8.. carnatus, the colors different; 

 light shade a clear, warm, brownish yellow, with some specks of deeper 

 orange; varying from a dusky orange to olivaceous yellow, the latter 

 color more often seen on the belly; dark shade, black or dark brown, 

 with slight olive tinge; dark color predominating on the back; mem- 

 brane between third and fourth dorsal spines and an area at the base 

 of these spines always pale; a yellow blotch extending thence downward 

 and backward, usually joining the light color of the belly; another light 

 area passing from near the angle of the opercle around the pectorals, 

 uniting below them; three other blotches along the back, one under 

 the eighth dorsal spine, one under the last spine, and one under the 

 last soft ray ; from each of these, irregular pale areas extend down the 

 sides ; fins the color of the region to which they belong ; head above 

 with dusky cross-shades and faint bands radiating from the eye. Body 

 short and stout, compressed. Head short, bluntish. Mouth rather 

 small, entirely below the axis of the body; lower jaw slightly included; 

 preniaxillaries on level of lower edge of orbit; maxillary reaching poste- 

 rior margin of eye, its length 2 in head; preorbital wide. Cranial 

 ridges very prominent, high and strong, covered with thick skin, ending 

 in strong spines, which diverge backward ; preocular, supraocular, tym- 

 panic, and occipital present; preopercular spines short and thick. Gill- 

 rakers as in 8. carnatus. Scales moderate, rough, the accessory ones 

 few ; lower jaw, maxillary, nasal region, and space in front of eye naked. 

 Dorsal spines high and strong, the highest 2^ in head, rather higher 

 than the soft rays, the fin deeply emarginate; second anal spiue 2| in 



