SEBASTES IMPERIALIS. 175 



winged or dilated behind ; but not so remarkably as in the Requeime. The first 

 caudal vertebra is only indicated by its simple lower apophysis^ not notched at 

 the tip. 



The figure is taken from an example measuring about half an inch 

 more than a foot in length. The largest I have ever seen was fifteen 

 inches long, and weighed two pounds. The anterior suborbitary, from 

 an individual fourteen inches long, will be found figured in tab. xxv. — 

 at f. 3. 



This fish is only captured in Madeira, as in other places, at enor- 

 mous depths^ viz. from eight or nine to fourteen linhas, and off rocky 

 bottoms. It is taken at all seasons ; though chiefly in the spring and 

 autumn, and only occasionally at any period. 



