1810 Bulletin ^7, United States National Miiseum. 



orbital space narrow, 6 in base of skull, less than length of supraocular 

 ridge, deeply concave, the supraocular ridges high at the sides and a deep 

 depression between the ridges over the mucous canals; ventral process of 

 basisphenoid well developed; mesethmoid processes compressed, thin, 

 elevated, but not as strongly as in Scbastodes rosaceus ; base of skull 

 straight. Bright, clear rose-red, without trace of purplish; region above 

 lateral line with much deep green in the form of reticulating streaks; 

 below lateral line the green gives place to bright golden yellow similarly 

 mixed with red ; top of head with cross bands of green and red ; green 

 streaks radiating from the eye; 4 bright pale pink spots on sides of back, 

 arranged precisely as in rosaceus, consteUatus, and cMorostictus, the color 

 brighter than in these, surrounded by rings of green, without any trace of 

 purplish shading; a pink opercular spot; a pale area behind eye; fins all 

 with the rays red, the membranes olivt^ or golden; peritoneum dusky. 

 Length 12 inches. Off Monterey and San Francisco, in deep water; 

 rare. {poSov, rose; ^Atapdj, green.) 



l<:ehasHchthys rhodochloris, Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 144, Monterey 



Bay, California. (Type, No. 26967. Coll. Jordan & Gilbert.) 

 Sehattodes rhodochloris, Jordan & Gii.bert, Syuopsis, 667, 1883. 



2213. SEBASTODES EOS, Eigenmaiin & Eigenmann. 



Head 2i (3 to 3,'; in total length) ; depth 3 (3^ to 3i). D. XIII, 13J; A. 

 Ill, 6i; lateral line 37. Body oblong. Lower jaw included, its symphyseal 

 knob strong; maxillary reaching beyond eye, 2 in head. Orbit 1 in snout, 

 little more than 4 times in head, greater than interorbital width. Inter- 

 orbital deeply concave, grooved medially, ,5^ in head. Cranial ridges very 

 high and narrow, ending ia prominent spines; preocular, supraocular, 

 and tympanic spines directed outward and backward; postocnlar upward 

 and backward; occipital ridges in largest s])ecimeus 6 mm. high, the re- 

 gion between them depressed ; opercular and preopercular spines long and 

 strong. Preorbital little less than i width of orbit, with a single, flat, 

 downward directed spine at its posterior angle. Gill rakers all short, the 

 longest i orbital diameter. Mandible, maxillary, and snout, except a 

 median triangular spot, scaly; accessory scales very numerous on cheeks 

 and opercles. Spinous dorsal deeply incised, the membrane of fifth spine 

 meeting sixth spine near its basal fourth, less deeply incised in smaller 

 specimens, highest spine 2 to 2^ in head; highest dorsal ray 2f to 3 in 

 head; second anal spine 2| to 3 in head; highest anal ray 2^ to 2|; pec- 

 torals reaching to twelfth dorsal spine, 4| to 5 in total length. Color 

 marks all having a washed or faded appearance; body and head intense 

 rose pink; back and dorsal fin indistinctly marked with raw sienna; tins 

 colored like body; 3 pink spots, 1 below origin of soft dorsal, 1 below its 

 end, and 1 al)ovelatcral line below ninth dorsal spine ; membranes between 

 maxillaries saturn red; peritoneum perfectly white, or more or less dusky. 

 Length about 22 inches. Coast of southern California, Point Loma, San 

 Diego, in 100 fathoms. (Eigenmann & Eigenmann.) (?)f<JS, dawn.) 

 Sebastodes eos, Eigenmann & Eigenmann, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1890, 18, Point Loma, near San 

 Diego. (Coll. C. H. Eigenuianu.) 



