668 CONTEIBUTIOXS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
ventrals^ nearly to anal, 3f in body. Peritoneum dusky. Head 
depth 3. 13. XIII-IT; A. lit, C; Lat. 1. 58, the aceessoiy scales very 
numerous. L. 12 inches. Olf Monterey and San Francisco, iu deep 
water; rather rare. 
(Sebantichihijs rhodochloris Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 144.) 
1023. S. cSsHorosticfus Jor. & Gilb . — Pesca VermigUa. 
Olivaceous above, sides piidvish and golden ; four roundish spots of 
l>ink placed as in 8. consteUatns and 8. rosnceus, but less distinct;, a 
pink blotch on opercular flap; the upper parts of the body, from just 
below the lateral liue, closely covered with small round spots of a clear 
olive-green; these spots most distinct on the back and the top of the 
head; on the sides of the body, just above and below the lateral liue, 
these spots form two continuous series, following the course of the lat- 
eral liue; eyes above with greeu spots; fins nearly plain red; base of 
dorsal spotted with olive. Body oblong. Head moderate, the profile 
rather steep, with a nearly even slope Mouth large, oblique, the max- 
illary reaching to behind the pupil, its length about 2T iu head; the 
l)remaxillary in front below the level of the large eye, which is 3J iu 
head. Jaws equal in the closed mouth, the tip of the lower fitting 
into the emarginate upper jaw; a rather conspicuous symphyseal 
knob. Preorbital sinuate. Cranial ridges sharp and high, ending iu 
sharp spines, about as in consteUatus ; preocular, supraocular, i)Ostocu- 
lar, tympanic, and occipital present. luteorbital space concave, with 
two rather prominent ridges, Preopercular spines rather sharp, the 
second longest; opercular spines sharj). Gill-rakers long and rather 
strong, not clavate, the longest about two-fifths the diameter of the 
eye, longer than iu related species. Scales on head fewer than iu 8. 
consteJIatus ; the snout wholly naked; maxillary partly scaled; man- 
dible naked. Dorsal spines very high, nearly as high as iu vexiUaris ; 
the fourth highest, nearly half head, higher than the soft rays, which 
are also considerably elevated. Doi-sal fin rather deeply emarginate; 
caudal fin emarginate; anal fin not very high, its second spine much 
higher and stronger than the third, about as high as the soft rays, 2^ 
in head; pectorals 3^ in length, with moderate base, reaching beyond 
tips of veutrals, about to vent. Head 2i; depth 2f. D. XII 1-13; A. 
Ill, (3; Lat. 1. 50. L. 15 inches. Off Monterey and San Francisco; 
abundant iu deep water. 
aaaaa. Species with the lower jaw projecting and scaly; the postocnlar spine want- 
ing; the body elongate; the xjeritouenni dusky ; otherwise as iu the iireceding 
group. 
