NO. 1351. SCORP.^NOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND STARKS. 97 



k. Peritoneum white. Scales small, about 48 pores in lateral 

 lines; depth 2§ in length; pectorals about as long as head, 

 about reaching anal ; maxillary not reaching middle of eye. 



Color red, with 5 blackish cross-bands jojineri, 9. 



kk. Peritoneum black; scales large, the pores about 30; color 

 deep red, inside of gill cavity black. 

 /. Teeth in narrow bands on jaws and on palatines; jaws 

 scaly. 

 m. Pectoral reaching base of third anal spine; ventrals reach- 

 ing vent; a dusky shade on opercle matsubarn; 10. 



7iim. Pectoral not reaching anal fin; ventrals not to vent, a 



dusky spot on side of body iracundus, 11. 



//. Teeth in single series on sides of jaws and on palatines; 

 maxillary 2^ in head; pectoral reaching front of anal. 



flammeus, 12. 



jj. Second anal spine longer than third; scales large, 28 pores in 



lateral line; depth 2 j in length, pectorals shorter than head; 



maxillary reaching just past middle of eye. Peritoneum 



dusky. Color red, with brownish clouds or cross shades. 



sojtJiropns, 13. 

 ii. RosicoLA. Lower jaw little projecting; scales not large; maxil- 

 lary reaching hinder margin of orbit. 



n. Supraocular spine wanting; nasal, preocular, post- 

 ocular, tympanic and parietal spines present; jaws 

 scaleless; pectoral about 1^ in head. Color dusky, 

 with irregular darker cross blotches and spots; fins 

 broadly edged with blackish; dark shades across 

 cheeks; pores about 46 (60 to 70 series of scales 

 above lateral line ) .fuscescens, 14. 



2. SEBASTODES GLAUCUS (Hilgendorf.) 



Sebastes glaucus Hilgendorf, S. B. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, 1880, p. 170; Yezo. 

 Sebastodes glaucus Jordan And Gilbert, Kept. V. S. Fur Seal Conim., Ill, 1898, 



p. 447; Bering Island. — Jordan and Evermann, Fish. North and Middle 



Amer., II, 1898, p. 1777; Bering Island. 



Head 3^ in length; depth 2f ; eye -tf in head, 11 in snout; interor- 

 bital width 3f in head. D., XIV, 16; A., HI, 8. Lateral line with 56 

 pores. Highest dorsal spine 2.^ in head, thirteenth spine -If, four- 

 teenth spine 3|; second anal spine 3|, third anal spine 31, longest soft 

 ray of dorsal lj%. Crown and occiput very broad, more convexly 

 arched than in any other species known to us. Nasal spines low, but 

 strong. Ocular ridge low, evident onlv above front of eye; occipital 

 ridges barely evident, evenly scaled over; top of head otherwise with- 

 out spines, ridges, or furrows, the even convex curve unbroken. Ver- 

 tical distance from niiddh^ of intiM-orbital space to upper edge of orbit 

 equaling one-half vertical diameter of or])it. Anterior margin of 

 preorbital with 2 rounded lobes which do not Ix^ar spinous points; 

 preopercular spines very strong, the upper 2 closely aiiproximate, the 

 others widely separated, all the spines sharp point(>(l, the ui)permost 

 very wide at base, the second much narrower, the others short and 

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