5. SEBASTES. 99 



the length of the head ; the second of the anal fin is the longest, but 

 much shorter than the thii'd of the dorsal. Uniform reddish. (Gir.) 

 Coast of California. 



10. Sebastes variabilis. 



Perca variabilis, Pallas, Zoogr. Ross. iii. p. 241. 



Epinephelus ciliatus, Tiles. Menu Acad. Sci. St.. Petersh. iv. p. 474. 



pi. 16. f. 1-6. 

 Sebastes variabilis, Cuv. 8f Val. iv. p. 347. 



D.f!. A.l. 



15 9 



The length of the head is 3| in the total. Neither ridges nor 

 spines on the upper surface of the head ; five obtuse praeopercular 

 .spines. Brownish. 



Aleutian Islands. 



11. Sebastes dactylopterus. 



Scoi-psena dactyloptera, De la Roche, Ann. Mus. xiii. pi. 22. f. 2 ; 



Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 186, aud JEur. Merid. iii. p. 369. 

 ? Scorpsena malabarica, Bl. ScJin. p. 194. 

 Sebastes imperialis, Cm: 4" Val. iv. p. 336 ; Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. 



p. 175 ; Ghiichen. Sxplor. Ah/er. Poiss. p. 42 ; Kroyer, Natnrhist. 



Tidsskr. 1844-45, i. p. 281. 



D. 11 I i. A, f. L. lat. 55. C^c. pylor. 5 (7 Lo^ve). Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head nearly 3^. The space between the eyes is concave, with two 

 ridges, narrow, its width being one-ninth of the length of the head. 

 Vertex with prominent spines. Tongne distinctly free anteriorly. 

 The ujiper maxiUaiy reaches behind the vertical from the centre of 

 the eye. The third and fovu'th dorsal spines are the longest, one- 

 half the length of the head ; the second of the anal fin is the longest. 

 Five praeopercular spines, the second of which is the most prominent. 

 Red, spotted or banded A^ith brown ; pharynx black. 



Mediterranean ; Madeira. 



a. Adult. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 h. Adult. Madeira. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 c. Half-grown : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



12. Sebastes nematophthalmus. 



D. 11 I i. A. |. L. lat. 40-41, 



The height of the body is 3 1 in the total length, the length of the 

 head three times. The space between the eyes is concave, with two 

 ridges, narrow, its width being one-eleventh of the length of the 

 head. Vertex and suborbital ridge, and in yoimger individuals the 

 praeorbital, with prominent spines. Tongue distinctly fi-ee anteiiorly. 

 The upper maxillaiy reaches to the vertical from the centre of the 

 eye ; a long filament above each oi'bit. The third and fourth dorsal 



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