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the lower jaw witli a small sympliyseal knob. Two upper pieopercular 

 spines nearly equal, sharp and long, the third shorter and broad; lower 

 opercular spine horizontal, the upper larger and directed somewhat 

 upward. Gill rakers moderate, the longest about 3 in orbit, 21 on hori- 

 zontal limb of first arch. Scales moderate, ctenoid; accessory scales 

 numerous ; mandible naked. Interorbital space, preorbitals, maxillaries, 

 the rays of the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, and the median rays of 

 the pectorals, scaly. Fourth dorsal ray longest, about 2i in head, the 

 twelfth about 2J in the fourth ; the dorsal rays shorter than the longest 

 spines. Second anal spine much longer and stronger than third, about 

 2 in ^ ^ad; the rays equal to the second spine. Caudal slightly emargi- 

 nate. Pectorals moderate, reaching a little beyond vent, the median 

 rays lv;ngest, 3i in length of body; base of fin a little less than orbit; 

 the 7 lower rays simple, somewhat thickened. Ventral fin reaching vent. 



Color {in alcohol). — Like Sehastodes rosaeeus; dark brownish above, 

 paler below. A small pale, pinkish spot immediately under base of 

 fourth dorsal spine, and another small one immediately under base of 

 eighth spine; a third larger spot just above lateral line and under the 

 ninth spine; a fourth spot immediately under the first, and a fifth 

 under the last dorsal rays. Peritoneum dark brown, speckled with 

 black dots. 



Type.—l^io. 47744, U.S.KM. 



Taken on a trawl line at Cortez Banks, near San Diego ; collected by 

 the Albatross. Length, 9 inches. 



Distinguished from Sehastodes rosaceus esj^ecially by the absence of 

 the supraocular spine. 



SEBASTODES CRAMERI, Jordan, new species. 



Head 2§; depth 2f ; dorsal XIII, 14; anai III, 7; lateral line (pores) 

 48 ( + 1 on caudal); transverse rows of scales, 49. 



Body compressed, its thickness 2^ in its depth. Interorbital space 

 flat, 4^ in head ; cranial ridges low but evident, the parietal ridges thin. 

 Preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, parietal, and nuchal 

 spines present, the last-named spines being marked off from the i^ari- 

 etal ridges only by depressions, and the parietal spines not well marked. 

 Orbit nearly circular, 31 in head. Snout about equal to interorbital 

 width; preorbital with two triangular lobes, but no distinct spines. 

 Maxillary reaching a little beyond vertical from middle of eye, 2^1^ in 

 head. Mandible scarcely projecting, with a small, symjihyseal knob. 

 The three upi)er preopercular spines nearly equal, a little divergent, 

 the lowest one obsolescent. Opercular spines moderate, nearly equal. 

 Gill rakers slender, 2*^ in orbit, 21 on horizontal limb of first arch. 

 Scales of medium size, those on opercles and cheeks ctenoid, those on 

 snout, preorbital, maxillary and mandible scarcely ctenoid; accessory 

 scales in moderate number. Dorsal spines rather low, the fourth long- 

 est, 2§ in head, the twelfth about half as long ; the membrane of spinous 



