QUAST: Srbanri ■..arirsatus SP. N. 



corner of maxilla. Lower cheeks, jaws, and 

 opercular membranes suffused with pink, i-ose- 

 pink, or red. Spinous dorsal fin with distal 12 

 to 2 '3 of interspinous membranes black; re- 

 mainder above back has pink-related back- 

 ground color of body. Dark pigmentation ab- 

 sent in .skin over fin spines, contrasting with 

 dark interspinous membranes. Soft dorsal fin 

 usually distinguished by continuation of body 

 pigmentation onto its lower half where pigmen- 

 tation forms flattened ujiper 1 2 of irregular 

 doughnut- or tire-shaped mark. Distally on soft 

 dorsal fin, interspinous membranes darkly pig- 

 mented near rays; intervening areas some shade 

 of translucent pink or red. Dark pigmentation 

 terminates equally along fin to form translucent 

 pink border. Caudal fin membranes almost en- 

 tirely black. Caudal fin terminates with narrow 

 clear or translucent pink or red border. Anal 

 fin pink or red, usually with narrow area or 

 streak of black pigmentation between spines II 

 and III; soft-rayed portion has dusky pigmen- 

 tation on distal 12 of membranes. Background 

 color of pectoral fin same as body but masked 

 by dusky pigmentation in large circular or oval 

 area on upper 2/3 of fin. Small dark pupil- 

 sized spot usually near insertion of rays near 

 midline of fin. Pelvic fin colored as belly. 



In preserved specimens dark areas of head, 

 body, and fins persist and include black mem- 

 branes in spinous dorsal and caudal fins, black 

 stripe between anal spines II and III, dusky 

 pigmentation of lower jaw tip, radiating bands 

 on opercle, black spot in center of pectoral fin, 

 doughnut- or tire-shaped mark below soft dorsal 

 fin, and broad light stripe that accompanies lat- 

 eral line over posterior 2/3 of body and inter- 

 rupts two of three large dark areas on body 

 sides. Peritoneum normally dark brown to jet 

 black (one specimen had brown peritoneum with 

 black spots) ; a melanistic specimen (Figure 3) 

 had light brown peritoneum with black spots). 



MERISTIC CHARACTERS 

 See Table 1. 



Table 1. — Counts for meristic characters for holotype 

 of Sebastes imi-iegatiis and ranges of frequent and in- 

 frequent counts for all specimens. 



1 One of two odditional 

 rays in the anal fin. 



specimens, examined subsequently, hod 6 soft 



Table 2. — Measurements (mm) of tjT)e material, 

 Sebastes variegahis. 



SIZE OF BODY PARTS 



Metrical data on 30 characters are summar- 



ized in Tables 2-4. Two methods for fitting re- 

 gressions of measurements on standard length 



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