NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN FISHES. 235 



mer's recent paper on the Cranial Characters of Sebas- 

 todes, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1895, pp. 573 to 611. 



Family SCORP.ENID^E. 

 35. Sebastodes ciliatus (Tilesius). Plate xl. 



Head 3^, depth 3 to 3% ; D. XIII, 16: A. Ill, 8; P. 

 18 to 19. Transverse (oblique) rows of scales 46 to 47 

 (-f 3 or 4 on caudal). Pores 46 to 47. Body compressed, 

 deep, its width over the base of the pectorals about 2 in 

 the depth. Dorsal outline descending rapidly backward 

 in a slight curve from origin of first dorsal to end of sec- 

 ond dorsal. Depth of peduncle more than 3 in depth of 

 body. Head compressed, profile steep and nearly straight. 

 Eye moderate, orbit circular, 3 2 / 3 in head, a little longer 

 than snout, its posterior rim at about the middle of length 

 of head. Interorbital space strongly convex, its width a 

 little less than orbit, 34 to 4 in head. Nasal spines small; 

 cranial ridges and spines all obsolete, except the parietal; 

 parietal ridges very slightly developed, with a minute point 

 or none, covered with scales. Mouth moderate, quite 

 oblique; tip of upper jaw on a level with center of eye; 

 maxillary 2^ in head, its posterior end reaching about to 

 vertical from posterior edge of pupil. Lower jaw a little 

 projecting, with a slight symphyseal knob. Very narrow 

 bands of teeth on jaws, vomer and palatines. Preorbital 

 moderate, its lower edge scarcely at all indented or en- 

 tirely continuous, spineless. Suborbital stay scarcely 

 visible. Preopercular spines small, the three upper di- 

 rected backward and slightly diverging, nearly equidis- 

 tant and of equal size, the two lower minute or obsoles- 

 cent. Opercular spines small, without visible ridges. 

 Gill -rakers slender, 2 in orbit, 23 to 24 on anterior limb 

 of first arch. Dorsal fin rather low, the spines delicate, 

 the 5th longest, 2% to 2% in head, the 2d about equal to 



