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nearest rays; ventrala rather narrow, acute, length 1.6 in head, tips not reaching vent by quite a percep- 

 tible distance; pectorals rather broad, acute, 1.25 in head, tips reaching nearly to vent, lower 9 rays 

 very slightly thickened, not branched, upper rays branched; caudal 1.55 in head, apparently truncate; 

 gill cavity somewhat dusky; gillrakera 11 + 25, rather long and slender. 1.9 in eye. peritoneum black. 

 Color in alcohol, light yellowish-brown above, somewhat silvery below; occiput, line along base of 

 dorsal, and spot on opercle dusky; dorsal more or less dusky, the edge of the membrane blackish. 



77. Sebastodes pinniger (Gill ). Orange Rockfish. 



One specimen 5 inches long from station 4220 in Admiralty Inlet, July 1. It is a female with well 

 advanced eggs. 



Head 3.25 in body; depth 3; eye 3.5 in head; maxillary 2.1; dorsal xm, 14; anal in, 7; scales 45. 



A specimen 4.5 inches long from station 4193. Dorsal xm. 14: head 3; eye 3; gillrakera 12 4-26, 

 long and slender. 



Another example 3.5 inches long from station 4205. 



This species reaches a length of 2 feet or more and ranges from San Diego to Puget Sound. 



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Fig. 35.— Sebastodes pinniger (Gill). 

 78. Sebastodes aleutianus .Jordan ct Evermann. (PI. xvi.) 

 This species is certainly known only from the type locality. Shelikof Strait, off Kodiak Island. 



79. Sebastodes saxicola (Gilbert). 



Two specimens 2.5 and 2.75 inches long seined al Metlakahtla, and 3 others, 2.5, 4.25, and (i inches, 

 dredged at station 4228 i Naha Bay). 



Iliad 3: eyes 2.75; snout 4; interorbital 4; pores 43; scales about 50; dorsal xm, 14; anal m, 7; 

 gillrakera 11+23, long and slender, 2 in eye. 



An example 9 inches long from station 312!), off the coast of central California, March 13, 1890, 

 has the head 2.75; snout 4.25; depth 3.2; gillrakers 10+23, 2. 1 in eye; eye 3.2. Longest dorsal spine 

 2.5 in head 



Another example (paper tag no. 102), from Barclay Sound, had the gillrakers 9+22, long and 

 slender, 2.2 in eye. 



We have compared our specimens with others in the National Museum and find them identical. 



This fish ranges from southern California to southeast Alaska in waters of moderate depth. It 

 reaches a foot in length. 



