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vent nils, n<;irlv to anal, 3J in body. Peritoneum dusky. Ik-ad lU; 

 depth 3. D. XIII-14; A. IIF, G; Lat. 1. 58, the accessory scales very 

 numerous. L. 12 inches. Off Monterey and San Francisco, in deep 

 water: rather rare. 

 , >'. Wv/i<7< /A//* ////. Vi/.*/-js Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus. 1880, 144.) 



1O23. S. rlllol'OStictllS Jor. & Gilb. Pexca T'crmitjUa. 



Olivaceous above, sides pinkish and golden; four roundish spots of 

 pink placed as in S. constcllatux and S. rosaceus, but less distinct; a 

 pink blotch on opercular Hap; the upper parts of the body, from just 

 below the lateral line, closely covered with small round spots of a clear 

 olive-green; these spots most distinct on the back and the top of the 

 la-ad; on the sides of the body, just above and below the lateral line, 

 these spots form two continuous series, following the course of the lat- 

 eral Hue; eyes above with green spots; fins nearly plain red; base of 

 dorsal spotted with olive. Body oblong. Head moderate, the profile 

 rather steep, with a nearly even slope Mouth large, oblique, the max- 

 illary reaching to behind the pupil, its length about 2i in head; the 

 premaxillary in front below the level of the large eye, which is 3i in 

 head. Jaws equal in the closed mouth, the tip of the lower fitting 

 into the emarginate upper jaw; a rather conspicuous symphyseal 

 knob. Preorbital sinuate. Cranial ridges sharp and high, ending in 

 sharp spines, about as in t'oitxtdUiiux ; preocular, supraocular, postocu- 

 lar, tympanic;, and occipital present. Inteorhita) space concave, with 

 two rather prominent ridges. Preopercular spines rather sharp, the 

 second longest: opercular spines sharp. Gill-rakers long and rather 

 strong, not clavate, the longest about two-fifths the diameter of the 

 eve, longer than in related species. Scales on head fewer than in *s r . 

 rnnxtcHittux ; the snout wholly naked; maxillary partly scaled; man- 

 dible naked. Dorsal spines very high, nearly as high as in rc.cillori* ; 

 the I'ouilli highest, nearly half head, higher than the soft rays, which 

 are also considerably elevated. Dorsal fin rather deeply omarginate; 

 caudal tin eniargiiiate; anal tin not very high, its second spine much 

 higher and stronger than the third, about as high as the soft rays, 1", 

 in head; pectorals .'!.\ in length, with moderate base, reaching beyond 

 tips of ventrals, about to vent. Head L'.l : depth!'-'*. D. XIiI-13; A. 

 Ill, <i; Lat. 1. ."(). L. l."i inches. Oil' .Monterey and San Francisco; 

 abundant in deep water. 



BpeoieB with the lower jaw projecting :m<l M-nly; the posturul.-ir spine \v;mt- 

 111:4: i lie liixly rloii^atr ; i In- pn i I miriiiii d u>k y ; otherwise as in the preceding 

 group. 



