106. SCORP.ENID^E SEBASTODES. 
G55 
nv. Body without stelLate spots. 
0. Pale blotches on sides surrounded by purple shades; 
head with purplish above ; man- 
dible naked rosacrtis. 
00. Pale blotches on sides surrounded by green shades ; 
no purple; cranial ridges very 
sharp ; mandible partly scaly. 
rhodochloris. 
mm. Dorsal spines very high, the highest half the length of 
head; body above with many 
small round green spots. 
elilorostictus. 
Jck. Postocular spine wanting. 
p. Mandible scaly, its tip much projecting; perito- 
neum dusky ; interorbital space 
concave ; body comparatively 
elongate elongafus. 
pp. Mandible naked ; peritoneum white ; body deep. 
q. Scales on head mostly cycloid; lower jaw pro- 
jecting; second anal spine much 
stronger than third; color pink- 
ish white, banded with deep 
crimson ruhrivinctus. 
qq. Scales on head ctenoid; lower jaw usually in- 
cluded; second anal spine lit- 
tle enlarged. (Sebastichthys 
Gill.) 
r. Coronal spines present; cranial ridges moderate; 
color brownish, mottled. 
auriculatus. 
rr. Coronal spines none, 
s. Cranial ridges with entire edges. 
t. N'uchal ridges none. 
M. Gill-rakers extremely short, most of them 
as wide as high; general color 
dnsky-greenish rastreUiger. 
uu. Gill-rakers higher than wide. 
V, Highest dorsal spine notably more than 
half length of head. 
tv. Head and upper parts not speckled 
with orange ; membrane of spi- 
nous dorsal not very deeply in- 
cised. 
X. Color dark brown, varied with 
light brown caurinus. 
XX, Color reddish, varied with yel- 
lowish ; dorsal spines higher. 
vexiUaris. 
wiv. Head and upper jiarts everywhere 
speckled with orange; front of 
back yellowish; soft tins black; 
dorsal spines extremely high, 
their membranes deeply incised. 
maliger. 
