Jordan mid Everma^in. — Fishes of North America. 1807 



opercular flap with a rosy spot; fius light reddish; dorsal speckled at base 

 with light and dark; peritoueum white. Length 15 iuclies. Coast of 

 Caliloruia, San Diego to San Francisco; abundant in rather deep water, 

 especially southward; a brilliantly colored fish, one of the handsomest of 

 this showy group, {constellatus, starred.) 



Sebastichthyg comtellatut, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 295, Santa 



Barbara Channel; San Francisco. (Type, No. 26963. Coll. Jordan & Gilbert.) 

 Hehastodes constellatus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 665, 1883. 



2209. SEBASTODES UMBROSUS (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 23; depth 2^; eye large, 4 in head. D. XIII, 12; A. Ill, 6; lateral 

 line 40 (tubes). GqwhyaI iovm oi^ Sehastodes conatellatus. Mouth moderate, 

 oblique, lower jaw scarcely projecting, its tip fitting into the emarginate 

 tip of upper jaw ; maxillary 2 in head, reaching posterior margiu of pupil ; 

 each jaw with small, smoothish scales. Cranial ridges rather sharp, lower 

 than in S. constcUatus; preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, and 

 parietal spines present; iuterorbital area concave, with 2 prominent 

 ridges, the region much liroader than in S. consteUatus, f width of eye; 

 supraocular ridge low, its spine smaller than tympanic spine; preocular 

 spine prominent; preoiiercular spines all acute; preorbital narrow, with 

 2 spines. Gill rakers rather long and slender, the longest about i eye. 

 Scales moderate, with many accessory scales. Dorsal rather low, deeply 

 emarginate; fourth spine equal to soft rays, about | head; soft dorsal 

 longer than high; second anal spine large, 2A in head; caudal slightly 

 emarginate; pectoral not reaching vent, 3| in body. Light orange, over- 

 laid everywhere with blackish, the latter color forming on lower part of 

 sides reticulations in fine pattern, the centers of scales being paler than 

 edges; sides of head with dusky shades; sides of back with some large 

 areas of blackish; upper parts with 5 large rounded blotches of pink 

 washed with orange, these blotches arranged as in S. consicJlatns, but 

 larger, less sharply defined, and of a dififerent hue; the second blotch with 

 a smaller one above it; a rosy spot on opercular flap; fius pale orange, 

 shaded with dusky. Length about 18 inches. Coast of California from 

 Point Concepcion to Corouado Islands; scarce, {umhroaus, shady.) 



Sebastichthyg umbrosus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 410, Santa Rosa 

 Island, off Santa Barbara, California. (Types, Nos. 31140 and 31141. Coll. Andrea 

 Larco.) 



Hebastodcs cereus* Eigenmann & Eigenmann, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1890, 20, Coronado 

 Islands (San Diego market). (Coll. C. H. Eigenmann.) 



Sfbaitodes umbrosus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 950, 1883. 



* Sebastodcs cereus is thus described : Head 2f to 2J ; depth 2| to 3. D. XIII, 12i to 13 ; A. 

 Ill, 61; lateral 1. (pores) 37 to 40. Shape of Sebastodes romeexis. Jaws equal, maxillary 

 reaching past pupil, 2or slightly less than 2 in head. Preorbital narrow, with 3 flat spines; 

 eye large, 3 J to 3| in head, ^ in'interorbital. Cranial ridges high and narrow, terminating 

 in 8harp"spines ; preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, and occipital spines; inter- 

 orbital concave, with a narrow median groove bordered by narrow ridges. Maxillary and 

 mandible entirely scaled. Highest dorsal spine 2i in head; second anal spine little longer 

 than third, considerably shorter than rays, 2J in head. General color (in life) pink, 

 overlaid with bronze; top of head and back above lateral line bronze with 5 pink spots; 

 sides below lateral line finely vermiculated with bronze, which occupies more space than 

 ground color; pink spots of back placed as in related species, not surrounded by green or 

 purple; posterior part of lateral line pink; sides of head bronze (with pink showing 

 through) with an ill-defined strenk backward from upper angle of eye; a light pink spot 



