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M. Head 3; depth 2f. D. XIII-13; A. Ill, 6; lat. 1. 47. 

 Maxillary reaching posterior margin of eye, 2\ in head; 

 jaws equal, no symphyseal knob. Eye small, anterior, 4i 

 in head; scales on body large; accessory scales few. Gill- 

 rakers extremely short, most of them as wide as high. 

 Second anal as long as third, 3 in head. Dusky green, 

 with paler mottlings. Peritoneum brownish. San Diego 

 to Humboldt Bay; abundant southward, rastrelliger .* 

 N. Highest dorsal spine notably more than half lengtb of 

 head. 

 O. Head and upper parts not speckled with orange; 

 membrane of spinous dorsal not very deeply incised. 

 P. Color dark brown, varied with light brown; arma- 

 ture of head, fin-rays, gill-rakers and scales as in 

 Sebastodes vexillaris; but the lower jaw is more 

 projecting, the pale shades are better defined, and 

 the dorsal spines are slender and much lower than 

 in Sebastodes vexillaris. Puget Sound to Sitka; 

 abundant. canrinus.i 



PP. Reddisb, varied with yellowish. D. XIII-16; A. 

 Ill, 6; lat. 1. 55. Maxillary extending behind or- 

 bit, 2 in head; lower jaw a little projecting, with- 

 out knob. Eye high up, 4-4i in head. Jaws 

 naked. Dorsal spines higher than in Sebastodes 

 caurinm. Second anal scarcely longer than third, 

 3 in head. Peritoneum white. San Diego and 

 northward. vexillaris. t 



00. Head and upper parts everywhere speckled with 

 orange. Dorsal spines extremely high, their mem- 

 branes deeply incised. Head 2f ; depth i l\. D. XIII- 

 13; A. Ill, 6; lat. 1. 47. Maxillary reaching posterior 

 margin of eye, about 2 in head; jaws nearly equal. 

 Scales rough, jaws naked. Second anal spine little 

 higher than third, 1\ in head; front of back yellow- 

 ish; soft fins black. Peritoneum pale. Monterey 

 to Sitka, very abundant northward. maliger.% 



* Scbastichthys rastrelliger Jordan it Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 296, 

 1880. 



t Sebastcs caurinus Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, Ichth. 7", pi. 41, fig. 1, 

 1845. 



t Sebastichlhys vexillaris Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 292, 

 1880. 



§ Sebastichthys maliger Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 322, 1880. 



