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6b. Peritoneum dusky to black; colors dusky, fins blackish, dorsal 

 fin not very deeply emarginate ; anal rays III, 9; preocular ridges 

 present, usually ending in spines, frontal region between them 

 bulging ; color blackish. Range : Alaska to San Diego. Marine. 

 Common. 

 Black Bass 185. Sebastodes mystinus (Jordan and Gilbert) 



4b. Cranial ridges somewhat developed ; preocular, postocular, tympanic, 

 and parietal spines usually present, delicate (supraocular also pres- 

 ent in some species); fig. 41; lower jaw projecting; parietal bones 

 usually not meeting. 



10a. Lower jaw much projecting; scales rather small; lat- 

 eral line 50 to 75; anal rays III, 7 to 9; dorsal fin not 

 deeply emarginate, soft dorsal low; 2nd anal spine not- 

 ably longer than 3rd ; peritoneum black or dusky. 



11a. Supraocular spines usually present; body elongate, 

 depth more than 3 in length; pores of lateral line 

 50 to 52; pectorals reaching vent; anal III, 8; body 

 dusky above, with faint traces of darker blotches 

 along back. Range : Bering Sea to Santa Barbara, 

 California. Marine. Not common. 



Long-jawed Rockfish 



186. Sebastodes alutus (Gilbert) 



lib. Supraocular spines absent, body rather elongate; 

 anal III, 7; color chiefly red; lateral line with about 

 52 to 55 pores, vertical scale rows about 100 to 110. 

 Range: Puget Sound to San Diego. Marine. Not 

 rare. 



Red-striped Rockfish 



187. Sebastodes prorigcr (Jordan and Gilbert) 



10b. Lower jaw little projecting; anal III, 6 or 7. 



12a. Supraocular spine present ; scales 45 to 55 in 

 lateral line ; anal 7 ; color red or orange. 



13a. Scales on mandible smooth ; color chiefly orange. 

 Range : Hecate Str. to Lower California. Ma- 

 rine. Common. 



Orange Rockfish. 188. Sebastodes pinniger (Gill) 



13b. Scales on mandible very rough ; color chiefly 

 brick red, color above, deep vermilion, mottled 

 with flesh color on sides, belly light red. Range : 

 Oregon to San Diego. Marine. Common. 



Vermilion Rockfish 



..189. Sebastodes miniatus (Jordan and Gilbert) 



12b. Supraocular spine absent ; scales 41 to 45 in the 

 lateral line; anal III, 7, the 2nd spine longer than 

 3rd. Range : Puget Sound. Marine. Common. 

 190. Sebastodes cmphaeus Starks 



