Jordan and Ever mann. — Fishes of North America. 



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■pp'. Gill rakers higher than wide. 



q'. Highest dorsal 8pine notably more than \ length of head. 



)•'. Head and upper parts not speckled with orange; membrane of 

 spinous dorsal not very deeply incised. 

 s'. Color dark brown, varied with light brown ; dorsal spines 

 moderate. caurinus, 2224. 



s«'. Color reddish, varied with yellowish ; dorsal spines ex- 

 tremely high. VEXILLARIS, 2225. 

 ■ rr'. Head and upper parts everywhere speckled with orange ; front 

 of back yellowish; soft fins black; dorsal spines extremely 

 high, their membranes deeply incised. maliger, 2226. 

 qq'. Highest dorsal spine little, if any, more than i the length of head. 

 v. Pale blotches on sides not forming a continuous lateral band; 

 parietal ridges moderate, 

 w'. Pale markings brick red, dark markings blackish; dorsal 

 membrane very deeply incised. gilbeeti, 2227. 

 uu'. Pale markings flesh color; dark markings olivaceous. 



CARNATUS, 2228. 

 umO. Pale markings yellow ; dark markings blackish. 



CHRTSOMELAS, 2229. 



tv. Pale blotches on sides forming a continuous lateral band; 

 body and fins profusely speckled with pale; dark mark- 

 ings black; pale markings yellow; parietal ridges very 

 strong. NEBULOSUS, 2230. 



Skbastichthts (Sebastei; ix^iJs, fish) : 

 nn'. Nuchal spines present, sometimes coalescent with parietals; cranial ridges 

 high, arranged nearly in a right line on each side of the narrow top of 

 head; body with black cross bars, some red, at least on head. 

 V'. Cranial ridges with their edges entire ; color olivaceous, with black 

 cross bands, the red chiefly confined to the jaws, sereiceps, 2231. 

 vv'. Cranial ridges with the surface broken, spinous; frontal ridges 

 elevated ; color bright red, with black bands overlaid by red. 



NIGROCINCTUS, 2232. 

 Subgenus EMM EL AS, -Jordan & Evermann. 



2177. SEBASTODES GLAUCUS (Hilgendorf). 



Head 3^ in length; depth 2f ; eye 4f in head, li in snout; iuterorbital 

 width 3* in head. D. XIV, 16; A. Ill, 8. Lateral line with 56 porea. 

 Highest dorsal spine 2^ in head, thirteenth spine 4?, fourteenth spine 3f ; 

 second anal spine 3*, third anal spine 3i, longest soft ray of dorsal lA- 

 Crown and occiput very broad, more convexly arched than in any other 

 species known to us. Nasal spines low, hut strong. Ocular ridge low, 

 evident only above front of eye ; occipital ridges barely evident, evenly 

 scaled over; top of head otherwise without spines, ridges, or furrows, 

 the even convex curve unbroken. Vertical distance from middle of inter- 

 orbital space to upper edge of orbit equalling i vertical diameter of 

 orbit. Anterior margin of preorbital with 2 rounded lobes which do 

 not bear spinous points; preopercular spines very strong, the upper 2 

 closely approximate, the others widely separated, all the spines sharp 

 pointed, the uppermost very wide at base, the second much narrower, 

 the others short aud wide; upper 2 spines directed backward, the 3 

 lower downward and backward; opercular spines strong, flat, often bifid 



