Jordan and Evcrmann. — Fishes of North America. 1813 



but the spines, especially postocular and tympanic, strong; preocular 

 ridge but little conspicuous, the spine much smaller than in Sehastochs 

 M7i€7isi8 and Sebastodes zacentrus. Spines on shoulder little developed; 

 opercular spines rather weak; preopercular spines small, the 2 upper 

 directed backward, the others downward and baekward. Dorsal hn.s 

 not deeply notched, the longest spine 3 in head, the twelfth i its length; 

 soft dorsal not high; caudal truncate; second anal spiue longer and 

 stronger than third, as long as soft rays, but not reaching their tips when 

 the fin is declined, 2 J in head; pectorals short, It^ to 2 in head, reaching 

 beyond ventrals, but usually not to vent. Scales rough ctenoid; snout 

 naked or nearly so ; scales on maxillary and mandible minute aud smooth, 

 little evident, those on breast rough; tins invested in a thick membrane 

 covered with fine scales. Color as in Sebastodes zacentrus, but usually 

 with 2 elongate black streaks below lateral line; a Itlaek blotch on middle 

 of ventrals; a bar at base of pectorals and in axil; peritoneum black; 

 buccal and gill cavities white or slightly dusky. Coast of California, in 

 deep water. A single specimen, 5 inches long, of this species was 

 ol)tained at Albatross Station, 3189 in 218 fixthoms, and it is evidently 

 allied to the rosaceus group, but is without the pink spots. Below the 

 lateral line is a single black streak, which grows more intense opposite 

 the dark Acrtical bars. The iuterorbital space contains 2 low inconspicu- 

 ous ridges, its width is contained 2^ times in diameter of ej'e. No spine 

 or a very weak one at lower angle of subopercle. Five specimens, the 

 longest 5^ inches from the Santa Barbara Islands. (Gilbert.) {vupestiis, 

 living about rocks.) 



Sebastichthys rupestris, Gilbert, I'roc. F. S. Nat. Mns. 1890. 76, Santa Barbara Islands, 

 at Albatross Station 2946, Lat. 33° 58' N., Long. iig= 30' 45" W., in 150 fathoms. 

 (Type, No. 48241.) 



Subgenus HISPANISCUS, Cramer. 



2217. SEBASTODES SINENSIS (Gilbert). 



Head 2^; depth 3. D. XIII, 12; A. Ill, 5; lateral line 40 to 45 (tubes) ; 

 eye very large, 2f to 3 in head ; snout 4| to 5 in head. Body short aud 

 deep, heavy anteriorly, with slender caudal peduncle; mouth large, max- 

 illary reaching beyond pupil, 2\ in head, its greatest width less than \ its 

 greatest length; jaws about equal, the lower mostly included within the 

 upper, but the tip fitting into a notch between intermaxillaries, and with 

 a somewhat projecting symphyseal knob; teeth present on vomer and in 

 a long slender patch on palatines; iuterorbital space rather narrow, con- 

 cave, with a pair of low ridges, its width 6 in head. Nasal spines jires- 

 ent; preocular spines strong, triangular, directed outward; supraocular 

 ridges low, butevident, diverging posteriorly, ending in strong spines ; tym- 

 panic and occipital spines also strong; upper 3 preopercular spiues equal 

 in length, placed close, aud usually nearly parallel, directed backward; 

 lower 2 small, directed downward and backward; 2 opercular, 2 supra- 

 scapular, and 2 or 3 strong preorbital spines present. Gill rakers slender, 

 the lougest i orbit, 21 on anterior limb of outer arch. Spines rather high 

 and strong, the dorsal moderately notched, the highest spine 2^ iu head, 

 about equal to soft rays, the lowest nearly ^ its height; membranes not 



