^1 GENUS SEBASTODES. 599 



eye very large, .'H in head; accessory scales very numerous, 

 mandible partly scaly: Becond anal spine very long, longer thau 

 maxillary, 2 in head. Peritoneum dusky. Off Monterey and 

 San Francisco, rather rare. rhodochloris * 



DDDD. Body and head intense rose-pink, color marks washed or 

 faded. Head 2*; depth 3. D. XIII-131; A. Ill, 6*; lat. 1. 37. 

 Maxillary reaching beyond eye, 2 in head; lower jaw included, 

 symphyseal knob strong. Eye one in snout, slightly more than 

 4 in head. Maxillary and mandible scaly; accessory scales nu- 

 merous on cheeks and opercles. Second anal spine 2$ to 3 in 

 head. Interdrbital space rlattish, with deep median groove. 

 Peritoneum white or more or less dusky. San Diego. eo8.\ 

 CO. Second anal spine about as long as third. Head 3; depth 3. D. 

 XIII--13I; A. Ill, 1\; lat. 1. (pores) 44-45. Maxillary reaching 

 posterior edge of pupil, 2 in head; lower jaw projecting, entering 

 profile, without knob. Orbit one in snout, \\ to 4i in head, a 

 little greater than interorbital width. Scales strongly ctenoid, 

 accessory scales very numerous everywhere; mandible naked. 

 Dorsal surface closely covered with small, bronze, roundish spots; 

 ventral surface light geranium red. Peritoneum white, sparsely 

 dotted with black. San Diego. gilliiA 



AA. Dorsal spines very high, the highest half the length of head. Body 

 above with many small round green spots. Head 2i; depth 2|. D. 

 XIII-13; A. Ill, 6; lat. 1. 50. Maxillary reaching to beyond pupil, 24, 

 in head; jaws ecpial, a conspicuous symphyseal knob. Eye 3-J in head. 

 Mandible naked. Second anal spine much longer and stronger than 

 third, 2£ in head. Olivaceous above, sides pinkish or golden; the 

 pink spots less distinct than in Sebastodes romce.ua. San Diego to San 

 Francisco, abundant. chlorostictus .§ 



zz. Color nearly as in Sebastodes zacentrus; no round pink blotches 

 on sides of back. Head 24; depth 2| to 3. D. XIII-13; A. 

 Ill, 7; lat. 1. 31 (pores), about 60 vertical series of scales above 

 lateral line. Maxillary reaching beyond middle of pupil, 2i 

 in head; jaws equal. Eye 2£ in head, longer than snout or 

 interorbital space. Nuchal spines present. Scales rough- 

 ctenoid; those on maxillary and mandible minute and smooth. 

 Second anal spine longer and stronger than third, 2| in head. 

 Peritoneum black. Santa Barbara Islands. rupestris.\\ 



* Sebaslkhthys rhodochloris Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 144, 



1880. 



t Sebastodes eos Eigenmann & Eigenmann, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 18, 1890. 



t Sebastodes gillii Eigenmann &. Eigenmann, Amer. Naturalist, 154, 1891 . 



§ Sebaslkhthys chlorostictus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 294, 

 1880. 



WSebastichihys rupestris Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 76, 1890. 



