FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 69. NO. 2 





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Fii;i KK .'i. — Melanistic specimen of Sthuxtts rnniijiUiis (AB (iV-fi^l; '111 mm SL; Kodiak Island vicinity. 



mm SL), 8 May 1966, Tahjo Marti No. 2; AB 

 67-68 (1, 210 mm SL), 28 April 1967, Yutaka 

 Maru; AB 64-847 (1, 153 mm SL) , 10 Sep- 

 tember 1964, Taiyo Maru No. 77; AB 68-10 

 (1, 197 mm SL), 3 September 1964, Tahjo Maru 

 No. 77; AB 63-120 (2, 137-143 mm SL), 4 Au- 

 gust 1962, RV Yaquina. Middle Gulf of Alas- 

 ka. Portlock Bank (S of Seward): AB 63-123 

 (2, 157-230 mm SL), 13 August 1962, RV Ya- 

 quina; BC 64-292 (1, 223 mm SL), 26 August 

 1963, G. B. Reed. Vicinity of Port Bainbridge 

 (ESE of Seward): AB 64-651 (2, 120-132 mm 

 SL), 16 July 1963, RV Yaquina. West of Mon- 

 tague Is.: AB 64-645 (1, 109 mm SL), 16 July 

 1963, RV Yaquina. South of Montague Is.: AB 

 68-527 (5, 147-169 mm SL), 18 July 1968, RV 

 Oshoro Maru. Off Cape Yakataga: AB 68-526 

 (1, 193 mm SL) , 25 July 1968, Daishin Maru No. 

 12. OffYakutat: AB 70-23 (2, 245-278 mm SL). 

 15 July 1968, RV Oshoro Maru. EASTERN GULF 

 OF Alaska. Queen Charlotte Sound: BC 70-2 

 (1, 237 mm SL), 12 June 1970, RV G. B. Reed 

 (Electrophaerogram). Frederick Sound: AB 

 67-11 (3, 241-266 mm SL), 28 February 1967, 

 RV Murre II. Forrester Is. vicinity: AB 68- 

 524 (1, 211 mm SL), 24 July 1968, Ishikari 



Maru; AB 68-525 (1, 242 mm SL), 24 July 

 1968, I shikari Marti. West of Dall Is.: AB 

 68-24 (3, 146-171 mm SL), 5 November 1956. 

 RV John N. Cobb. 



DIAGNOSIS 



A species of Sebastes with body outline 

 slender and symmetrically terete; preocular, 

 postoculai-, tympannic, and parietal spines pre- 

 sent and supraocular, coronal, and (usually) 

 nuchal spines absent; second anal spine longer 

 than third; symphyseal knob not prominent; 

 18 (rarely 17 or 19) rays in pectoral fin; black 

 spinous dorsal and caudal fin membranes; per- 

 itoneum dark brown to jet black; and dark 

 blotched pattern of pigmentation on back and 

 sides, the pattern partly interrupted by a broad 

 unpigmented band that extends over posterior 

 2 3 of body and includes lateral line. 



MORPHOLOGY (PRINCIPALLY FROM 

 HOLOTYPE AND PARATYPES) 



Body form, including head, slender, the out- 

 line smooth and tapers nearly symmetrically 



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