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latiiig- along the sides of the abdomen, ceasing in front of tips of ven- 
trals; one beginning on the median line of the breast, forking near 
the middle of the ventrals, the branches going straight to the lower 
part of the tail. Dorsal high, less deeply emarginate than in the fol- 
lowing species; the spines high; caudal slightly emarginate; supraoc- 
ular tentacles moderate, about as long as pupil; sexes not very dis- 
similar. Head 33; depth 4^. D. XXII-I, 20; A. 23; Lat. 1. 110. 
Alaska, south to San Francisco and Japan; abundant. 
(Steller, MSS. Tilesiiis, Act. Acad. Petrop. ii, 340, 1810: Labrax hexagrammus Pallas, 
Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. iii, 684, 1811; Vldrus hexagrammus Giiutlier, ii, 91: Cliiropsis vebu- 
losus Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Sorv. Fish. 45, based on a specimen with some of the 
soft rays of the dorsal broken, resembling spines: Ckiriis nebulosus Gunther, ii, 93: 
Acaniholebins itebuJosus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1801, 106: Ckiriis trigrammus 
Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1873: Hexagrammus scaber Bean,*Proc. IJ. S. Nat. 
Mus. 1881, 154 ; based on very young specimens, showing a rudimentary additional 
lateral line along middle of side. ) 
cc. Scales mostly cycloid iiosteriorly ; dorsal very deeply emarginate. 
1000. SI. supeff’CsEsdsaJS (Pallas) J. & G. 
Blackish -green, varying to dark brown and cherry-red, the coloration 
and pattern extremely variable; sides usually with round iiale spots, 
which are generally cherry-red, especially in the adult, but which are 
sometimes nearly white and often obsolete; belly mostly reddish; 
pectorals greenish or red, usually with 2 or 3 dusky cresceut-shaped 
cross-bands at base, the outer portion often plum-color; fins mostly 
greenish or red, variegated; lower fins mostly dusky; flesh, and all 
membranes, livid green, especially in the adult; stomach and intes- 
tines of a livid green. Body rather robust. Orbital tentacle much 
larger than in other species, its length f the diameter of the eye. A 
few teeth on front of palatines. Skin covering suborbital stay naked; 
cheeks otherwise scaly. Scales ctenoid on body anteriorly, becoming 
nearly smooth behind and on head. Lateral lines 5; one on the middle 
line from the nape, forking, and extending on each side nearly to end 
of second dorsal; the second to the upper edge of the caudal; one to 
the middle line of the tail; one from throat to about middle of anal; 
and one on the middle line of the belly, forking behind the ventrals, 
and extending on each side to the tail. Dorsal deeply emarginate. 
Caudal truncate or slight!}^ rounded; pectorals large. Sexes similar. 
Dead 4; depth 3J. D. XX-23; A. 22; Lat. 1. 107. L. 18 inches. 
Alaska to Monterey; not rare. 
{Labrax superciliosus Pallas, Mem. Acad. Petersb. ii, 388, 1810, and in Zoogr. Rosso- 
Asiat. iii, 279; Chirus pictus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 132: Cliiropsis 
