1C6. SCORPyENUXE - SEBASTODES. * 667 



Eye very large, 3i in bead. Maxillary and preorbital partly scaled; 

 inaudible and snout naked. Cranial ridges much as in 8. constellatus, 







but more depressed; preocnlar, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, and 

 occipital present; length of snpraocular spine about equal to inter- 

 orbital width; preopercular spines short. Gill-rakers moderate, longer 

 than in S. constellatus, not clavate. Scales moderate, the accessory ones 

 numerous. Dorsal spines rather low and strong, the fourth two fifths 

 the length of the head, about as high as the soft rays, the fin rather 

 deeply emargiuate; caudal slightly notched; anal rather low, with the 

 second spine curved, 2 in head, much longer and stronger than third, 







shorter than the soft rays; pectoral fins moderate, reaching beyond tips 

 of venirals, past the vent, 3-J- in body. Peritoneum blackish. Head 

 2; depth 3. D. XIII-13; A. Ill, G; Lat. 1. 48. L. 12 inches. Coast 

 of California, in rather deep wc-ter; the most abundant of the red spe- 

 cies, and one of the smallest. 



(Sebastes rosaceus Grd. Proc. Acad. Nut. Sci. Phila. viii, 146, 1854, and in U. S. Pac. 

 E. R. Surv. Pisli. 78, pi. 21 (poor figure, from a specimen in bad condition): Sebastes 

 helvomaculatus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. ii, 26, f. 8, 1839: Sebastes rosaceus Giiutlier, 

 ii, 9.1) 



1O22 S. rhodochloris Jor. & Gilb. Fly-fish. 



Bright clear rose-red, without trace of purplish ; region above lateral 

 line with much deep green in the form of reticulating streaks; below 

 the lateral line the green gives place to bright golden yellow similarly 

 mixed with red; top of head with cross-bands of green and red ; green 

 streaks radiating from the eye; four bright pale pink spots on the sides 

 of the back, arranged precisely as in rosaceus, constellatus, and chloros- 

 tictuSj the color brighter than in these, surrounded by rings of green, 

 without any trace of purplish shading; a pink opercular spot; a pale 

 area behind eye; fins all with the rays red, the membranes olive or 

 golden. Body oblong, more elongate than in related species; maxil- 

 lary 2^ in head, reaching beyond pupil; jaws about equal; preorbital 

 narrow. Eyes very large, 3i in head. Cranial ridges higher and 

 sharper than in any other of the red species; preoeular, supraocular, 

 postocular, tympanic, and occipital species present; interocular space 

 very narrow, its width less than length of supraocular spine; two sharp 

 ridges. extending lengthwise of it ; preopercular spines long. Gill-rakers 

 as in rosaceus; mandible finely scaled near'tbe base. Dorsal fin moder- 

 ately ernargiuate, lower than in rosaceus, the longest spine nearly 3 in 

 head; soft dorsal as high as spines; caudal slightly notched; second 

 anal spine longer than in any other species, longer than maxillary, 

 higher than the soft rays, half length, of head ; pectoral reaching past 



