Jordayi and Evermann.— Fishes of North America. 1819 



considerably more than interorbital wicltli. Interorbital concave, 2 strong 

 rido-es dividing it into a median and 2 lateral grooves ; preorbital narrow^ 

 with 2 dat spine processes. Preoperctilar spines directed backward. Gill 

 rakers about 2 in orbit; second anal spine 2^ in head; maxillary, man- 

 dibles and snout naked ; scales mostly cycloid. Lower pectoral rays thick 

 and rieshy. Three straight, dark cross bands, 1 from nape across base of 

 pectoral, 1 from sixth to seventh dorsal spine toward anus, a half one from 

 eighth to tenth dorsal spine to lateral line, a broader one below soft dorsal ; 

 these bars extend on to the dorsal fin;, a few small dark spots on base of 

 pectorals and on shoulder; sides of tail more or less mottled ; dark streaks 

 radiating from eye; peritoneum pale. Specimen, 8i inches long; San 

 Francisco. The type specimen belongs to the collection of the Indiana 

 University. (Eigenmann & Beeson.) (Named for William Healy Dall, of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, who has been intimately identified with the 

 Pacific coast zoology for many years. 



Pteropodus dallii, Eigenmann & Beeson, Am. Nat., Vol. xxvni, Jan., 189^ 66, San 



Francisco. 

 Sebastodes auriculatus dalli, Jordan & Starks, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 798. 



Subgenus PTEROPODUS, Eigeumann & Beeson. 



2223. SEBASTODES EASTBELLIGER (Jordan & Gilbert). 



(Grass Kockfish.) 



Head 3; depth 2f. D. XIII, 13; A. Ill, 6; scales 47. Body oblong, 

 deepest at the shoulders. Head short, blunt. Mouth moderate, little 

 oblique, maxillary reaching to po.sterior margin of eye, its length 2k in 

 head; premaxillary rather below level of eye; jaws equal, ° without 

 symphyseal knob. Eye small, anterior, 4^ in head. Preopercular spines 

 short and stout, the 2 upper subequal; opercular spines very broad and 

 flat, sometimes bifid ; suprascapular spines strong. Gill rakers very short, 

 wide, compressed, the longest almost as wide as high. Scales on body 

 large; accessory scales few. Dorsal spines low, the fifth about | the 

 length of head ; the tin little emarginate; soft rays considerably higher 

 than .spines; caudal slightly rounded; anal high, its spines low, the second 

 as high as third and much stouter, 3 in head; pectoral rather short, reach- 

 ing vent, its base extremely broad, its width about i length of head; the 

 lower rays much thickened; length of pectorals 3| in body; veutrals 

 moderate, not quite reaching the tips of pectorals. Bones of skull thick ; 

 preocular, postocular, tympanic, and parietal spines present, strong, the 

 ridges low but thick; occipital ridges very long, equalling diameter of 

 orbit; parietal bones separate; interorbital space 41 in base of skull, 

 slightly convex, concave laterally inside of supraocular ridge narrower 

 than eye; ventral process of basisphenoid well developed; mesethmoid 

 processes compressed, strong, slightly elevated; base of skull verv nearly 

 straight. Blackish green, with paler mottliugs, sides spotted with darker ; 

 belly pale greenish; paired fins dark, often bordered with reddish; other 



