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strong. but broad and depressed, ending in small spines; preocular, 

 Mipraocnlar. tympanic and occipital present: the occipital ridges are 

 very long. equalling the diameter of the orbit; preoperctilar spines 

 short ami stout, the two upper subequal; opercular spines very broad 

 and Hat, sometimes bifid; suprascapular spines strong: interorbital 

 space moderate, narrower than eye, llattish, with two low ridges; s]>ines 

 <>!' head little divergent backwards. Gill-rakers very short, wide, com- 

 pressed, the longest almost as wide as high. Scales on body large; 

 accessory scales few. Dorsal spines low, the fifth about two-fifths the 

 length of the head; the fin little emarginate; soft rays considerably 

 higher than spines; caudal slightly rounded; anal high, its spines low, 

 the second as high as the third and much stouter, 3 in head; pectoral 

 rather short, reaching vent, its base extremely broad, its width about 

 one-third length of head; the lower rays much thickened; length of 

 pectorals 3 in body; ventral s moderate, not quite reaching the tips of 

 the pectorals. Peritoueum brownish. Head 3; depth 2J. I). XIII- 

 !.': A. Ill, G; Lat. 1. 47. L. 15 inches. Coast of California; abundant 

 southward. A strongly marked species, known at once by its short 

 gill-rakers. 



raxtrcU'ujcr Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns, 1880, 29fi.) 



. S. cauriiiiis (Kk-h.) Jor. & Gilb. 

 This form agrees with the subspecies rc.riUari*. in general characters, 

 tillering in the color, which is scarcely reddish or yellowish, the dark 

 shades being dark brown, the pale shades light brownish and better 

 defined than in r<:rill<trix ; the chin is rather more projecting; the dor- 

 sal spines are slender and much lower than in rrriUnriN ; in this respect 

 there is considerable variation among individuals; the armature of the 

 head is essentially the same as in rc.rilltirix, as are the fin -rays, gill- 

 rakers. and scales. I'uget Sound to Sitka; abundant. 



'u.i, \ , aurinua l.'ichanlsnu, \'\. Sulphur. I chili. 77, pi. 11. f. 1. !- 1~>. This species 

 lias IIH special alliuity with tlie Japanese S. iiicniiix, with which it has lieen identified 

 li\ I >:. (JiinthiT.) 



Sulisp. \4-\iilaris .lr. A i',\\\i.(;<ir>-ni><i. 



Uriglit pale yellowish-red, becoming lighter below, the reddish and 

 yellowish forming large and irregular areas, sometimes one shade pre- 

 dominating, some! hues the other; ;i pink cross blotch on the back at 

 lia.ve of the second and third dorsal spines sometimes present; upper 

 parts of head most |\ pink, with broad olive shades running backward, 

 one on the lower lip, one on the maxillary, one I'rom preorbital region 

 downward, one I'rom t lie e\ e backward and do\\ nward across the cheeks^ 



