106. SCORP^ENID^ SEBASTODES, 
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1019. S. ruber (Ayres) J. & G.—Eed EocJc-fish; Tmnhor. 
Color clear deep vermilion red, paler below; a narrow nndnlating 
wbitisli streak along the sides, from the eye to above the base of the 
anal, and another along the lateral line; these indistinct in the adnlt; 
faint dusky shades radiating from eye; fins red, the soft fins always 
largely blackish at tip, especially in the young; young more distinctly 
marked than the adults, which are nearly plain brick-red. Body oblong, 
rather deep, not much compressed. Head large, blunt. IMouth large, the 
maxillary reaching nearlj" to posterior edge of eye, its length half that 
of head ; premaxillary on level of lower edge of pupil; lower jaw a little 
projecting, the symphyseal knob slight. Cranial ridges rather high and 
sharp, smooth in the young, becoming very rough and broken in the 
adult; preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, and occipital pres- 
ent; preocular spines triangular; supraocular short, becoming with age 
divided into a series of irregular spines and tubercles; occipital ridges 
diverging, likewise divided in adults; interorbital space broad, fiattish, 
coarsely scaled, Avith 2 slight ridges anteriorly. Eye moderate, in 
head; preorbital wide; preopercular spines broad, nsnally diAuded, the 
third mnltifid. Scales on head rough; jaws naked; suborbital stay 
weak. Gill-rakers short, clavate, the longest J eye. Scales on body 
rough; accessory scales numerous; pectoral short, broad, its length 4 
in body; dorsal spines stout, rather low, the fin not deeply notched, 
the longest si)ine about as high as the soft rays, 24 iu head; caudal 
truncate; soft fins scaly; second anal si)ine little stronger or longer than 
the third, § height of soft rays, 2| in head. Peritoneum white. Head 
3; depth 2|. D. XIII-14; A. Ill, 7; Lat. 1. about 50. L. 30 inches. 
Pacific coast, from Santa Barbara nortlnvard, abundant; reaches a 
larger size than any of the others, except possibly S. paucispinis. 
(Sebastes ruber Ajres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. i, 7, 1854, and is62, 215.) , 
1020. S. cosBStellatus Jor. & Gilb. 
Orange-red; back olHe shaded; belly yelloAAUsh; cheeks Avith red 
and yellowish shades; head and body everywhere closely coA^ered Avith 
small roAindish i)ale spots; spots above light rose color; beloAV larger 
and nearly white; 4 or o roundish rose-colored blotches on the back, 
besides some mottlings of a similar shade; the first spot, often obscure, 
under the fourth dorsal spine; the next near the lateral line nuder the 
eighth dorsal spine; the third close to the junction of the two parts of 
the dorsal; the fourth under the end of the soft dorsal; a fifth some- 
times near the base of eighth dorsal spine; oiiercular fiai) AA’itli a rosy 
