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head. D. XIII, 13 ; A. Ill, 6. Pores in lateral line 45. Body 

 as in Sebastodes rosaceus, perhaps a trifle heavier in appearance, 

 head somewhat blunter. Jaws subequal, the lower with a small 

 knob. MaxiUary 2 in head, reaching past middle of pupil. Gill- 

 rakers thin, 2^ in eye, 7 + 22 in number, the last seven on lower 

 arch much reduced. Nasal, preocular, suj^raocular, postocular. 

 tympanic, and parietal spines present. The entire spinous develop- 

 ment is somewhat heavier than in rosaceus, but the spines are 

 blunter and a trifle lower. Interorbital f of eye, with two parallel 

 ridges as in that species, but these are a little lower and the groove 

 between is somewhat shallower. Preopercle with five rather broad 

 and flat spines, the two upper being the strongest. Opercle with 

 two similar ones. Scapular and suprascapular spines present, but 

 not prominent. 



Head finely scaled above, up to nasal spines. Snout sparsely 

 scaled, with exception of the region bounded by the nasal spines. 

 A few scales on maxillary; mandible naked. Dorsal consider- 

 ably lower than in rosaceus, fourth spine S^ in head (2^ in rosa- 

 ceus), a deep emargination between soft and hard parts. Second 

 anal spine heavy, barely exceeding third spine, 2f in head; first 

 anal ray 2 in head. Pectoral reaches past ventrals, almost to first 

 spine of aual. Ventral 1|- in head. 



Coloration (in alcohol) dark, marbled and mottled above lateral 

 line, pectorals bluish (probably deep blue in life). Dorsal very 

 dark; ventrals dark. Four radiating dark bands on side of head. 

 A dark streak down middle of maxillary. Four pale spots as in 

 related species ; one under last ray of dorsal, one under last spine, 

 one on lateral line under ninth sj)ine, and one just under the fin 

 under eighth spine — this last differing in position from the corre- 

 sponding mark in other species. JBrauchiostegal membrane bluish, 

 traces of salmon pink under jaws. 



Length 205 mm. Common name, CahriUa. Hab. Valparaiso. 



The type is numbered 11,925 in the Leland Stanford Junior 

 University Museum. 



