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18b. Second anal spine much longer, usually stronger than 3rd; 

 cranial ridges smooth ; fins of young without the dense black 

 pigmentation. 



19a. Color more or less rosy, with 3 to 5 round blotches of pink 

 on sides of back; dorsal spines usually low, the highest 

 less than ^ the length of head ; no small green spots on 

 sides of back ; body without stellate spots ; mandible naked ; 

 pale blotches on sides surrounded by purple shades ; head 

 with purplish above ; supraorbital ridge rather high with 

 spines ; peritoneum blackish ; nuchal spines absent. Range : 

 Puget Sound to Cerros Island, Lower California. Ma- 

 rine. Common. 

 197. Scbastodes rosaceus (Girard) 



19b. No round blotches of pink on sides of back, nuchal spines 

 present ; peritoneum black. Range : Southeastern Alaska 

 and Cerros Island, Lower California. Marine. 

 198. Scbastodes rupestris (Gilbert) 



17b. Supraocular spine wanting, fig. 41 ; interorbital space some- 

 what concave. 



20a. Mandible scaly ; peritoneum dusky to black. 



21a. Lower jaw only slightly projecting; peritoneum jet 

 black ; roof of mouth, dusky posteriorly, buccal and 

 branchial cavities otherwise white ; dorsal XIII, 14 

 or 15; anal III, 7 or 8. Range: Puget Sound to Santa 

 Barbara, California. Marine. 

 199. Scbastodes zacentrns (Gilbert) 



21b. Lower jaw much projecting and entering profile; per- 

 itoneum dusky ; roof of mouth, buccal and branchial 

 cavities whitish ; sides above with irregular horizontal 

 interrupted olive-green bands; dorsal XIII, 12 or 13; 

 anal III, 6 or 7. Range: Puget Sound to Lower Cal- 

 ifornia. Marine. Not common. 



Green-striped Rockfish 



200. Scbastodes elongatus (Ayres) 



20b. Mandible naked ; peritoneum pale or white ; body usually 

 deep. 



22a. Scales on head mostly cycloid; lower jaw project- 

 ing ; head large, pointed ; 2nd anal spine 2 l / 2 in head, 

 much stronger than 3rd ; color pinkish white, banded 

 with deep crimson. Range : British Columbia and 

 southern California. Marine. 



Spanish Flag 



..201. Scbastodes rubriznnctus (Jordan and Gilbert) 



22b. Scales on head ctenoid; lower jaw usually included; 

 2nd anal spine little enlarged. 



23a. Nuchal spines absent ; body not barred with black ; 

 interorbital space widening markedly from before 

 backward. 



24a. Coronal spines usually present, color brownish, 

 mottled. Range : Puget Sound to San Martin, 

 Lower California. Marine. 



Brown Rockfish 



202. Scbastodes auriculatas (Girard) 



