GG2' COXTRIBUTIOXS TO XORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
in head; pectorals rather long and narrow, the tips reaching beyond 
the tips of the ventrals to the vent. Peritoneum black. Head 3; depth 
3J. D. XIII-13; A. Ill, 7; pectoral 3^ in length; Lat. 1. 75. L. 10 
inches. Coast of California, in deep water; not rare. 
(Scbastkhtliys 2)roriger Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 327.) 
aaa. Species with the scales moderate, the cranial ridges low, the skull thick, the 
iiiterorhital space broad and convex, the lower jaw scaly, its tip not strongly 
projecting; gill-rakers slender; pectorals narrow ; peritoueuiu white. 
1016. S. ata•o^^iro^as Jor. & Gilb. — Garriipa. 
Olive-green, marbled with darker; sometimes brownish; belly pale 
yellowish green; fins olivaceous, no red anywhere. Body oblong, not 
tapering rapidly backward. Head moderate, rather pointed. Mouth 
moderate, the lower jaw somewhat projecting, the maxillary extending 
to beyond posterior border of the pupil; its length 2 in head; pre- 
maxillary below pupil. Eye large, 3i in head Cranial ridges low, not 
ending in iirominent spines; the following i)airs are present: preocular, 
supraocular, and occijtital, and sometimes a minute tympanic; nasal 
spines prominent; itreorbital very narrow, with two stout spines; pre- 
opercular spines short, rather sharp, the second longer and slenderer 
than the others; opercular and suprascapular spines sharp; interor- 
bital space broad and slightly convex, widened backward, a little de- 
])ressed on each side next the supraocular spine, its width less than 
that of the eye and more than the length of the occipital spine. Gill- 
rakers slender, not very long, the longest J the diameter of the eye. 
Preorbital scaly; maxillary partly scaly; mandible with some smooth 
scales; scales large, regularly arranged. Dorsal fin rather deeply emar- 
ginate, the spines moderate, the fifth half length of head and lower 
than the soft rays; caudal truncate; anal fin short and high, its spines 
slender, the second shorter than third, and not much stronger, about 
2J in head; longest soft rays in head; pectorals long and narrow, 
reaching past vent nearly to beginning of anal, their length seven- 
eighths that of head, their base narrow. Yentrals long, reaching just 
])ast the vent. Head 3; depth 2|-. D. XIir-14; A. Ill, 6; Lat. 1. 52. 
L. 15 inches. Coast of California; generally abundant, especially south- 
ward. 
{SrhasticMhys airovirens Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 289.) 
1017. S. piniiiger (Gill) J. & G . — Fliaiim ; Orange Bock-fish. 
Ground color light olive-gray, profusely blotched with bright clear 
orange red or with light orange-yellow, the red shades itredominatiug 
