286 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Our collection contains two specimens — the type, no. 57821, U. S. National Museum (field no. 

 2872), 6.25 inches long, from Albatross station 4234 in Yes Bay. Alaska; and the cotype, no. 2893 ("no. 

 5228, Bureau of Fisheries), 3.5 inches long, from Albatross station 4246, Kasaan Bay, Alaska. 



This species is named in honor of the late Lieut. Franklin Swift, U. S. Navy, the efficient com- 

 mander of the Albatross during the Alaska investigations in 1903. 



81. Sebastodes diploproa I Gilbert). 



The collection contains 2 small specimens (no. 2784 and 2785), 3.25 and 3.5 inches long, dredged 

 at station 4191. in Nanaimo Harbor, June 19. We have also examined a specimen (no. 101) 6.75 inches 

 long, collected by the Albatross in 1890, probably off the California coast. 



No. 2784 in life was light red, brownish on back, coppery on head; belly below lateral line abruptly 

 silvery, scarcely washed with red; back with 5 obscure dull orange saddles, very diffuse, extending 

 below lateral line, the one below soft dorsal broadest; head all red, the opercle with many dark Sots; 

 dorsal red, slightly orange shaded, pinkish at tips, the soft dorsal with a black cross-blotch about half- 

 way up from behind third to sixth soft ray; black on membranes, not on rays; caudal faint orange, 

 base reddish, tips pale; anal like soft dorsal, the black blotch fainter, larger, from behind second spine 

 to third soft ray; pectoral and ventral pinkish-red; inside of mouth red; gill-cavity white; peritoneum 

 black. 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 3.1; eye 3.3 in head; snout 5.1; maxillary 2.25; mandible 1.9; inter- 

 orbital 1.5 in eye, 4.5 in head; dorsal xin, 12; anal in, 8; pores in lateral line 34 to 41. Nasal, pre- 

 ocular, postocular, tympanic, and parietal spines present, all well developed; preorbital with 2 blunt 

 diverging spines; 2 small humeral spines; gillrakers 11+23, long and slender, 2 in eye. 



No. 2785 has more black on second dorsal, less on anal; membranes of spinous dorsal dusky edged; 

 a little dusky on upper edge of opercle; general color light brick red. the belly abruptly silvery. 



These specimens have been compared with the types in the National Museum, with which they 

 are found to agree. 



The species reaches a length of a foot or less, and occurs on our Pacific coast from the Coronado 

 Islands northward to Nanaimo. 



82. Sebastodes introniger i Gilbert). 



One small specimen 2.75 inches long, dredged at station 4243, in Kasaan Bay, agrees in most respects 

 with the original description of this species. 



Head 2.75; eye, 2.75; dorsal xm, 14; aual in, 6; scales about 45, 31 pores; gillrakers 8+20, rather 

 long and slender, 2 in eye. 



Four specimens, 3.85 to 4.75 inches long from station 4223, in Boca de Quadra. These do not show 

 the black gill-cavity and mouth which introniger is said to have. We have one other specimen, no. 

 108S, 20 inches long, dredged at station 3324, Bering Sea, August. 1890. The species has also been 

 recorded from Bering Sea at stations 3311. 3317. 3324, and 3331 (Gilbert 1895). The known range of 

 this fish is from Santa Barbara to Bering Sea. in waters of moderate depth. 



83. Sebastodes ruberrimus Cramer. Red Rod Cod; Red Rockfish. (PI. xm.) 



The collection contains 1 large specimen (no. 2868) 12 inches long from Boca de Quadra, where 

 it was caught on hook and line, July 5. at a considerable depth. When brought to the surface it* stomach 

 had been thrown out into its mouth. This specimen agrees with current descriptions. (The colored 

 painting was made from life, from an example about 2 feet long, taken at Loring, where the species 

 is not uncommon.) 



Gillrakers 9 + 18, short, rough, clavate, 3 in eye, first 5 on short arm and last 7 on long arm mere 

 tubercles. Head 2.6; depth 2.6; eye 4.5; dorsal xm. 15; ana! in. 7; scales 50. pores 44; maxillary 2.1; 

 mandible 1.66. 



We have also 3 specimens 18, 19, ami 14 inches long, collected respectively at Hunter Bay, Mary 

 Island, and Mink Ann, and a specimen 19 inches long collected in Union Bay. The species has been 

 recorded by Bean (1882), as Sebastichthys ruber, from off Point Bingham; Jacobi Island; Gulf of Alaska; 

 and Kygani Strait. 



