1C6. SCORP^NID^ SEBASTODES. 
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Eye very large, 3i in head. Maxillary aud preorbital partly scaled; 
inaudible and snout naked. Cranial ridges much as in consteUaUis, 
bat more depressed; preocular, supraocular, postooular, tymiianic, and 
occipital present; length of supraocular spine about equal to inter- 
orbital width; preopercular spines short. Gill-rakers moderate, longer 
than in 8. comtellatus, not clavate. Scales moderate, the accessory ones 
numerous. Dorsal spines rather low and strong, the fourth two fifths 
the length of the head, about as high as the soft rays, the fiu rather 
deeply emarginate; caudal slightly notched; anal rather low, with the 
second spine curved, 2.J in head, much longer and stronger than third, 
shorter than the soft rays; pectoral fins moderate, reaching beyond tips 
of ventrals, jiast the vent, 3^ in body. Peritoneum blackish. Head 
2|; depth 3. D. XIII-13; A. Ill, 6; Lat. 1. 48. L. 12 inches. Coast 
of California, in rather deep water; the most abundant of the red spe- 
cies, and one of the smallest. 
{Sebastes rosaceus Gr.i. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. viii, 146, 1854, and in U. S. Pac. 
R. R. Surv. Fisli. 78, pi. 21 (poor iignre, from a specimen in had condition): Sehantes 
hdvomaculatus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. ii, 26, f. 8, 1859: Sebastes rosaceus Gunther, 
ii, 98.) 
1022 S. rliodocliloris Jor. &. Gilb. — Fly-fish. 
Bright clear rose-red, without trace of purjilish ; region above lateral 
line with much deep green in the form of reticulating streaks; below 
the lateral line the green gives place to bright golden yellow similariy 
mixed with red; top of head with cross-bands of green and red ; green 
streaks radiating from the ej^e; four bright pale pink spots on the sides 
of the back, arranged jirecisely as in rosaceus, constellatus, and chloros- 
tictus, the color brighter than in these, surrounded by rings of green, 
without any trace of purplish shading; a pink opercular si)ot; a pale 
area behind eye; fins all with the rays red, the membranes olive or 
golden. Body oblong, more elongate than in related species; maxil- 
lary 2^ in head, reaching beyond pupil; jaws about equal; preorbital 
narrow. Eyes very large, 3^ in head. Cranial ridges higher and 
sharper than in any other of the red species; preocular, suj)raocular, 
postocular, tympanic, and occipital species present; interocular space 
very narrow, its width less than length of su])raocular spine; two sharp 
ridges extending lengthwise of it; preopercular spines long. Gill-rakers 
as in rosaceus ; mandible finely scaled near the base. Dorsal fin moder- 
ately emarginate, lower than in rosaceus, the longest spine nearly 3 in 
head; soft dorsal as high as spines; caudal slightly notched; second 
anal spine longer than in any other species, longer than maxillary, 
highei’ than the soft raj’S, half length, of head ; pectoral reaching past 
