106. SCORP^NID.E SEBASTODES. 
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covered with ctenoid scales. Dorsal fin low, not deeply einaro'inate, the 
membrane joining the. thirteenth spine near its middle; soft dorsal low, 
higher than the spines, the longest si)ine as long as maxillary, a little 
less than half head; caudal emarginate; anal low, its second spine 
stronger, bnt not longer than the third, | the height of the soft rays, 
in head; pectorals rather short, reaching beyond tips of veutrals to 
vent. Gill-rakers numerous, very long and slender, nearly as long as 
the eye. Peritoneum black. Head 3^; depth 3J-; i^ectorals 3|. D. 
XIII-15; A. Ill, 8; Lat. 1. GO. Coast of Alaska; not noticed south of 
Kodiak. 
{Epinepliehis ciliafus Tiles. M<5m. Ac. Sci. St. Petersb. iv, 474, 1810: Perea variahUis 
Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat, iii, 241, 1811: Sehastes variahilis Cav. »& Val. iv, 347: Se- 
hasies variahilis Giiutlier, ii,99.) 
1012. S. mystimaas Jor. & Gilb. — PecJte Pretre; Blade Eodc-fish. 
Slaty black, becoming paler below the lateral line; sides more 
or less mottled; tip of lower jaw black; top of head with 3 indistinct 
cross-bars, extending on the cheeks; a dark bar on anterior edge of 
opercle; fins all plain dusky. Body oval-oblong, compressed, both out- 
lines evenly curved. Head rather blunt, compressed; profile oblique, 
almost straight, becoming convex with age. Month smaller than in 
any of the preceding species, oblique, the lower jaw protruding; pre- 
maxillaries on the level of lower rim of orbit; maxiilaries dilated be- 
hind, reaching posterior margin of pupil, thickly scaled behind, their 
length 21 in head. Cranial ridges obsolete, except the preocular, which 
usiiallj" ends in a small spine; the region between and in front of the 
eyes bulging considerably; preopercle with rather strong spines, the 
two at the angle longest; opercular spines rather strong. Spinous 
dorsal very low, the longest spines 2^ in head, lower than the soft rays, 
the fin rather deeply emarginate; second anal spine stronger than 
third, and a little shorter, 3^ in head; pectoral fins long, about as long 
as head, their middle rays longest, reaching beyond the ventrals to 
about the tenth dorsal spine; caudal emarginate. Peritoneum black. 
Head 3^-; depth 2f; pectorals 3^. D. XIII-15; A. Ill, 9; Lat. 1. GG 
(50-55 tubes). L. 14 inches. Puget Sound to San Diego; the most 
abundant species of the family about San Francisco; found in rather 
shallow water. 
(Sebasiidtthys mystinus Jordal^ & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus. 1880, 455; 1881, 56, 
70.) 
1013. S. outomelas Jor. & Gilb. 
Dull olive-green; sides with obscure, round, rusty spots; belly, lips, 
and lower parts tinged with creamy; obscure light and dark shades 
