36 jfirst annual Report 



Family SCORPAENIDAE 

 Sebastodes rastrelliger (Jordan and Gilbert). Rock-Fish, Sting-Fish. 



(Plate I, C, and Figure 8 A) 



Fairly common near the rocky shores. All the species of Scor- 

 psenidae are eommonly known as "sting-fish," "spine-fish," or other 

 names referring to the pungent dorsal spines. 



Sebastodes carinatus (Jordan and Gilbert). 

 One specimen taken in moderately deep water off Laguna Beach. 



Sebastodes serriceps (Jordan and Gilbert) 

 One very dark colored specimen taken near Laguna Beach. 



Scorpaena guttata Girard. Sculpin, Scorpene. 



Besides the mature fish, which are fairly common along the shore 

 near Laguna, one young, brilliantly colored specimen about three 

 inches long was taken in a tide-pool. The photograph shown in 

 Figure E and the accompanying color notes are from this specimen. 



Ground color cream or grayish, but almost entirely concealed by 

 the numerous markings. Chocolate colored markings appeared as 

 follows: Large blotch or stripe on cheek below eye, another on pos- 

 terior margin of opercle ; broad bar across base of pectoral, and 

 another half way between this and tip; four broad irregular bands 

 across body, extending on vertical fins, the last including caudal base; 

 broad band, broken by darker spots near apex of caudal; large 

 blotches covering basal half of anal and ventrals. Band across apex 

 of all fins, and belly behind ventrals pink. Interorbital, and numer- 

 ous spots on dark areas of fins, rufous. Caudal membrane yellow. 

 Premaxillary, lower jaw, branchiostigals and throat spotted with 

 silver. Membrane of ventrals blood red, except near apex. A large, 

 irregular ocellus with black center and rufous border on base of 

 4-fi rays of dorsal, extending down on back. Median light bands on 

 pectorals and caudal, and light bands on body cream color. Dark 

 areas more or less spotted with cream or gray, and light areas with 

 brown or silver. The variegated pattern is shown by the figure. 



Family COTTIDAE 

 Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Ayres) 

 One large specimen, twenty inches long, taken at Laguna. 



Clinocottus analis (Girard). Rock-Fish. 



(Figures 9, 10 and 10 A) 



Next to Girella iiigricaiis this is the most abundant fish in the tide- 

 pools near Laguua, and in the darker pools, and those without vege- 

 tation it is the most abundant. The pools within a quarter of a mile 



