1814 Bullethi ^7, U7iited States National Museum. 



deeply incised ; second anal spine longer and stronger than third or than 

 any of dorsal spines and longer than anal rays, its length about ^ head; 

 caudal slightly lunate, \ head; pectorals reaching slightly beyond vent, 

 the lower rays not thickened, the fin 1^ in head; ventral spine as long as 

 soft rays, 2^ in head. Scales small, not regularly imbricated, smooth and 

 cycloid, exce])t those on occiput and a few along lateral line on posterior 

 part of body; suont nabed, maxillary and mandible only partly scaled; 

 soft rays of all tlie lins covered with series of small scales. Pale below, 

 dusky above, blotched with reddish and black; a blackish blotch on 

 opercle; fins dull reddish, irregularly marked with blackish, the caudal 

 mostly red, sometimes with a blackish terminal bar; cavity of mouth and 

 gill chamber and peritoneum jet-black. Two specimens, the largest 7 

 inches long. Gulf of California, in deep water. (Gilbert.) (sjntnsis, liv- 

 ing in the gulf.) 



Sebastichthys sinensis, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 81, Gulf of California, at Alba- 

 tross Station 3015, Lat. 29° N., Long. 113° W., in 145 fathoms. (Type, No. 43085. 

 Coll. Gilbert.) 



2218, SEBASTODES ZACEXTBUS (Gilbert). 



Head 2*; depth 3^; caudal peduncle narrow, 3f in depth of body. D. 

 XIII, 14 or 15; A. Ill, 7 or 8; tubes of lateral line about 42, 70 vertical 

 series above lateral line. Body elongate. Mouth moderate, maxillary 

 reaching vertical from middle of pupil, 2^ in head; lower jaw slightly 

 the longer, the tip with a small knob ; teeth in very narrow^ bands. Eye 

 much longer than snout, 3 to 3i in head. Interorbital space narrow, 

 somewhat concave. If in diameter of orbit; prcorbital extremely narrow, 

 its least width f pupil. Kidges on head low, but sharp, the spines 

 rather strong; pieocular ridge strong, triangular, ending in a strong 

 outwardly directed spine; nasal, preocular, supraocular, tympanic, occipi- 

 tal, and sometimes nuchal spines present; 2 spines on shoulder, 2 on 

 opercle, and the usual 5 on preopercle, the latter directed backward; pre- 

 orbital lobate, V)ut without spines. Gill rakers long, very slender, ^ 

 diameter of orbit, 26 prcsenton anterior limb of outerarch. Sijinous dorsal 

 low, with strong spines, the longest 21 to 2i in head; notch between dor- 

 sals rather shallow, the shortest spine more than | the longest; soft rays 

 about equaling the spines ; caudal truncate or slightly emargiuate. If in 

 head; second anal spine very long, usually longer and stronger than 

 third, curved, li to 1^ in head, reaching to or beyond tips of soft rays in 

 declined fin; ventrals reaching beyond vent, 1;! in head; pectorals reach- 

 ing nearly to front of aual, 1^ in head, the fin not i)rocurient, the lower 

 half with greatly thickened rays. .Scales large, rough ctenoid, those on 

 maxillary, mandible, and breast smoother. Five vaguely defined black 

 bars on back, 1 downward from nape and front of dorsal, 2 approximated 

 under spinous dorsal, 1 under middle of soft dorsal, and 1 on caudal 

 peduncle; those under dorsal encroach more or less on the fin; all but the 

 first continued below lateral line on middle of sides, the third interrupted 

 above lateral line; 2 black streaks backward from eye, the upper termi- 

 nating in a conspicuous black blotch ou opercle, the lower ending on sub- 



