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equal to three-fourths diameter of eye. Fifth dorsal spine 3i in head; 

 not as Vmg as the lonj>-est soft ra^^s; twelfth spine 5^ in head; thirteenth 

 4|. Third anal spine longer and much slenderer than second, ?>^ in 

 head; second 4; tirst barely half second. Caudal probably concave. 



Scales rout>h ctenoid. Head entirely scaled to tip of snout, small 

 scales on branchiosteo-al rays, isthmus, and h^-oid l)ones aliove branchi- 

 ostegals. Small scales on lower two-thirds of spinous dorsal, on three- 

 fourths of pectoral, on ventrals including- ventral spine, and on basal 

 half of anal, soft dorsal, and caudal. Peritoneum duskj", inside of gill 

 covers black. 



Color bright red; in spirits colorless, with no markings except a jet- 

 black spot just above lateral line below the base of the sixth or seventh 

 dorsal spine, its diameter on one side about half that of eye, on the 

 other side about a fourth this size. 



The t3'pe is a large specimen 55 cm. in length, numbered l^Tlt), 

 Ichthyological Collections Leland Stanford Junior University Museum. 



This species is known from this specimen, taken at Kushiro in 

 Hokkaido, and presented to us by Professor Mitsukuri. 



It is neare'r Sebastodes alutus and Sehastodes aleutimiits than to any 

 other of the American species. 



{'iracuvdi/s, red with wrath.) 



12. SEBASTODES FLAMMEUS" Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 2f in length; depth 3i. Dorsal XIII, U; anal III, S. P:ye 3| 

 in head; maxillary 2^; interorbital width -If. 



Body not much elevated. Lower jaw strongly projecting and with 

 a large knob at symph3'sis. Teeth shai'p and curved, set in a single 

 irregular row at sides of lower jaw, in a narrow band at front, and in 

 a large knob at tip which shuts entirelj" outside of premaxillaries; 

 premaxillaries with wide toothless space at front, a narrow band of 

 teeth at sides, which grows slightly under anteriorly, and inside of 

 other teeth on each side of toothless area is a conspicuous knol) of 

 large curved teeth pointing irregularly but inward. Vomerine teeth 

 in a narrow^ })and; palatine teeth in a single row. Maxillary reaching 

 to below posterior margin of pupil. Interorbital space flat with 2 

 median ridges, between which is a shallow rather narrow channel. 

 Cranial spines small and except occiput not preceded by ridges. 

 Preocular, supraocular, postocular (on one side), tympanic, and 

 parietal spines present; the last preceded by ver}" sharp moderately 

 high ridges. Preorbital with 3 lobes without spines. Preopercle 

 spines sharp and slender, the upper 3 directed backward. Gill rakers 

 long and slender, the longest two-hfths diameter of eye, 21 on anterior 

 limb of arch. 



Pectoral long and slender, reaching to front of anal, number of 



« See illustration on p. 1 75. 



