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twelfth dorsal spines; fourth under third to tenth soft rays; fifth 

 crossing caudal peduncle; some of the scales on dark area silver 

 gray; membrane between seventh and eighth dorsal rays reddish 

 brown ; fine grayish ; a brownish area on base of pectoral. 



Paratypes have head 2.23-2.4 in length; depth 2.5-3; eye 4.05- 

 4.52 in head ; snout 4-4.3 ; interorbital 6-6.81 ; maxillary 2.02-2.13 ; 

 highest dorsal spine 3.24-3.37; second anal spine 2.2-2.77; simple 

 pectoral rays 9 or 10; D. XIII, 14; A. Ill, 7. 



The dark reddish brown saddles on the back are wider than the 

 silvery gray interspaces; midway between base of dorsal and lateral 

 line the second and third saddles are connected by scales of same 

 color ; below this the scales are light silvery gray, giving the appear- 

 ance of a light spot similar to the one in S. oculata, which, however, 

 has it between the first and second light spots on the back. 



This species has the spines of head weaker than S. oculata; the 

 dorsal spines stronger, and the body shorter and thicker. 



163. SEBASTICHTHYS DARWINI (Cramer). 



f Sehastes oculata Jenyns, Zool. Voy. Beagle, Fishes, 1848, p. 37 ; Val- 

 paraiso. 



Sebastes darwini Cramer, Proc. California Acad. Sci., 1896, p. 240 ; Mexil- 

 lones, Peru. 



Sebastodes darwini Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., 

 vol. 2, 1898, p. 1832. — Abbott, Marine Fishes of Peru, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1899, p. 360.— Delfin, Cat. Peces de Chile, 1901, p. 79. 



Genus SCORPAENA (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



THE SOOKFION FISHES. 



164. SCORPAENA HISTRIO Jenyns. 



PARLAMO; PEJE-BIABLO. 



Scorpaena histrio Jenyns, Zool. Voy. Beagle, Fishes, 1842, p. 35, pi. 8; 

 Chatham Island, Galapagos Archipelago. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. 

 Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 115. — Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and 

 Mid. Amer., vol. 2, 1898, p. 1843. — Steindachnee, Fauna Chileusls, 1898, 

 p. 293.— Delfin, Cat. Peces de Chile, 1901, p. 79. 



One example, field No. 09497, 19.8 cm. long, from Lobos de Afuera. 



Head 2.3 in length; depth 3; eye 4.3 in head; snout 3.38; maxil- 

 lary 2.06; D. XII, 10; A. Ill, 5; tubes of lateral line 26. 



Head large, its width equaling its depth; interorbital space nar- 

 row, deeply concave; its depth about one-half width, which is 2.06 

 in eye; nasal spines small, sharp; preocular ridges very prominent, 

 spines stout; supraocular spines short, stout, blunt; postocular 

 spines moderate; a broad deep pit on occiput; preorbital broad, 

 without prominent ridges, a shallow depression under eye; sub- 



