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vstrong', but broad and depressed, ending in small spines; preocular, 
supraocular, tyrnpauic and occipital present; the occiiiital ridges are 
very long, equalling the diameter of the orbit; preopercular spines 
short and stout, the two upper subequal; opercular spines very broad 
and Hat, sometimes biftd; suprascapular spines strong; interorbital 
space moderate, narrower than eye, flattish, with two low ridges; spines 
of head little divergent backwards. Gill-rakers very short, wide, com- 
pressed, the longest almost as wide as high. Scales on body large; 
accessory scales few. Dorsal spines low, the tifth about two-fifths the 
length of the head; the fin little emarginate; soft rays considerably 
higher than spines; caudal slightly rounded; anal high, its siiines low, 
the second as high as the third and much stouter, 3 in head; pectoral 
rather short, reaching vent, its base extremely broad, its width about 
one-third length of head; the lower rays much thickened; length of 
jiectorals 3| in body ; ventrals moderate, not quite reaching the tips of 
the pectorals. Peritoneum brownish. Head 3; depth 2J. D. XIII- 
13; A. Ill, 6; Lat. 1.47. L. 15 inches. Coast of California; abundant 
southward. A strongly marked species, known at once by its short 
gill-rakers. 
(Seha^tichthys rastreUiger .Jor. Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus, 1880, 296.) 
8028 . 8. caiirssJHS (Rich.) Jor. & Gilb. 
This form agrees with the subspecies vexillaris, in general characters, 
differing in the color, which is scarcely reddish or yellowish, the dark 
shades being dark brown, the pale shades light brownish and better 
defined than in vexillaris ; the chin is rather more projecting; the dor- 
sal spines are slender and much lower than in vexillaris; in this respect 
there is considerable variation among individuals; the armature of the 
head is essentially the same as in vexillaris^ as are the fin-rays, gill- 
rakers, and scales. Puget Sound to Sitka; abundant. 
(Sehdsies caiirhius Ricbardsoii, Voy. Sulphur. Ichth. 77, pi. 41, f. 1, 1845. This species 
has no special affinity with the Jax>auese S. iticnnis, with v\’hich it has been identified 
by Dr. Gunther.) 
Snbsp. vexiBIai’is Jor. & Gilb. — Garriqm. 
Bright pale yellowish-red, becoming lighter below, the reddish and 
yellowish forming large and irregular areas, sometimes one shade pre- 
dominating, sometimes the other; a pink cross-blotch on the back at 
base of the second and third dorsal spines sometimes present; upper * 
])arts of head mostly pink, with broad olive shades running backward, 
one on the lower lip, one on the maxillary, one from preorbital region 
downward, one from the eye backward and downward across the cheeks, 
