106. SCOEPiENlD^ SEBASTODES. 
663 
above, the pale below; belly nearly white; top of head with cross- 
blotches and marblings of orange, alternating with pale; sides of the 
head flesh-colored, with three bright orange bands radiating from the 
eye; maxillary with orange touches; lips pale, tinged with blackish; 
inside of mouth iiale; dorsal fin with the membrane bright orange, a 
large black blotch occupying the membranes between the seventh and 
tenth dorsal spines; this si>ot is usually distinct, but in old examples 
it is sometimes obsolete; pectorals light red, mottled with yellowish; 
other fins all bright orange, without dusky tips, slightly mottled with 
])aler at base; lateral line running in a distinct continuous light-gray 
streak, which is not crossed by the red markings; old specimens some- 
times with large inky blotches on different i)arts of the body. Body 
rather robust, elevated, and compressed. Mouth large, oblique, the 
maxillary reaching to below the posterior margin of the large eye, its 
length half the head; mandible somewhat projecting, with a knob at 
the tip; the middle teeth on a raised base which fits into the emar- 
gination of the upper jaw; interorbital space very broad, concave on 
either side of the convex center, as wide as the eye, which is 4 in head; 
cranial ridges low, but stronger than in preceding species; preocular, 
supraocular, postocular, tympanic, and occipital present; the space be- 
tween the two occipitals concave; the ridges small but sharp; both 
jaws, preorbital, maxillary, mandible, and snout scaly, the scales on 
the lower jaw smooth; preorbital rather narrow, with two spines; pre- 
opercular spines long and sharp. Dorsal fin deeply emarginate, the 
spines rather high, nearly as high as the soft rays, the longest 2^ in 
head; caudal fin lunate; pectoral fin long, reaching to the tips of the 
long ventrals, past the vent; base of pectoral narrow, about as broad 
as eye; second anal spine strong, nearly as long as third, 3 in head. 
Gill-rakers very long and slender, nearly f diameter of eye; accessory 
scales numerous, especially on head. Peritoneum pale. Head 2§; 
depth 2f ; pectoral 3^. D. XIII-14; A. Ill, 7 ; Lat. 1. 48. L. 25 inches. 
Pacific coast, from Monterey northward; one of the most important 
species. 
{Scbasiocles rosaceus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. ii, 216, 1862, f. 62; not Sehastes 
rosacem Grd. : Schastosomus pinniger Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1864, 147 : Sebas- 
tichih gs 2 )inni(jer Jov. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 72.) 
1018 . S. miBiiatilS Jor. & Gilb. — Basciera; Basher. 
Color above deep vermillion, mottled with flesh-color on the sides, the 
belly light red; back and sides everywhere with clusters of black dots. 
