1812 Bulletin ^7, United States Natiorial Museum. 



large, obliqne; maxillary reaching to behind the pupil, its length about 2|^ 

 in head; ])vemaxillary in front below the level of the large eye, which is 

 3^ in head. Jaws e([ual in closed mouth, tip of lower fitting into emar- 

 ginate upper jaw; a rather conspicuous symphyseal knob. Preorbital 

 sinuate. Preopercular spines rather sharp, second longest; opercular 

 spines sharp. Gill rakers long and rather strong, not clavate, the longest 

 about I diameter of eye, longer than in related species. Scales on head 

 fewer than iu S. constellatus; snout wholly naked ; maxillary partly scaled ; 

 mandible naked. Dorsal spines very high, nearly as high as in vexiUaris, 

 the fourth highest, nearly A head, higher thiin soft rays, which are also 

 considerably elevated; dorsal fin rather deeply emarginate; caudal fin 

 emarginate; anal fin not very high, its second spine much higher and 

 stronger than third, about as high as the soft rays, 2;^ in head; pectorals 

 3^ in length, with moderate base, reaching beyond tips of ventrals, about 

 to vent. Bones of skull thin; preocular, supraocular, postocular, tym- 

 panic, and parietal spines present, strong, long, and sharp, the ridges strong 

 and high; parietal bones well separated; interorbital space 4J iu base of 

 skull, concave, the ridges over mucous pores high and thin; ventral pro- 

 cess of basisphenoid well developed ; mesethmoid processes compressed, 

 moderately elevated ; base of skull nearly straight. Olivaceous above, 

 sides pinkish and golden; 4 roundish spots of jiink placed as in S. con- 

 stellatus and S. rosacexs, but less distinct ; a pink blotch on ©iiercular flap ; 

 upper i^arts of the body, from just below lateral liue, closely covered with 

 small round spots of a clear olive green, these spots most distinct on back 

 and top of head; on sides of body, just above and below lateral line, these 

 spots forui 2 continuous series, following course of lateral liue; eyes 

 above with green spots ; fins nearly plain red ; base of dorsal spotted with 

 olive. The preorbital spines can not be used to distinguish this species 

 from S. cos, Eigenmann. If the two are distinct, they are distinguishable 

 by the scaliness of the maxillary and mandible, the length of the second 

 anal spine, and the color of the jieritoneum. Length 15 inches. Pacific 

 Coast of California from San Diego to San Francisco; abundant in deep 

 water; a very pretty fish. (;j;Agl»p6?, green; (jrz;»fr6j, spotted.) 



Sebastichthys chlorostictus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1880,294, Monterey 



Bay, California. (Type, No. 2G964. Coll. Jordan & Gilbert.) 

 tSebastodes chlorostictus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 668, 1883 ; Cramer, Proc. Cal. Ac. 



Sci., series 2, v, 1895, 599, pi. 63, fig. 21. 



2216. SEBASTODES RUPKSTRIS (Gilbert). 



Head 2i; depth 2f; to 3. D. XIII, 13; A. Ill, 7; lateral line 31 (pores), 

 about 60 vertical series counted above lateral line. Eye 2* in head, longer 

 than snout or intercjrbital space; the latter narrow, concave, without 

 ridges, the least width i orbit. Maxillary reaching beyond middle of 

 pupil, 2^ in head; jaws equal, tip of lower jaw scarcely projecting; teeth 

 in very narrow bands in jaws and on vomer and palatines. Preorbital 

 very narrow, its least width less than i pupil, lobate and without spines. 

 Supr.aocular ridge short; nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tym- 

 panic, occipital, and nuchal spines present, the ridges of moderate height, 



