5. SEBASTES. 105 



vided ■nath a groove along the middle ; vertex with prominent spines. 

 The fourth and fifth dorsal spines are the longest, one-third the length 

 of the head, and much shorter and more feeble than the second of the 

 anal. Brownish-red, marbled with darker ; fins dotted with white. 

 Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a. Large specimen : stuffed. Japan. 



b. Half-grown. China. 



c. Adult : bad state. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



20. Sebastes oculatus. 



Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 466 ; Jeny)is, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 37 ; Gay, Hist, 

 Chil. Zool. ii. p. 178 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 23. f. 3. 



14 6 



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

 the head three times. The interocular space equals rather more 

 than half the diameter of the eye, and is concave, with two longitu- 

 dinal ridges. The crown of the head with prominent spines ; the 

 second anal spine longest and strongest. Red : back brownish (with 

 four round red spots). (Jen.) 



Valparaiso. 



21. Sebastes strongensis. 



Scorpsena strongia, Cuv. ^ Val. iv. p. 323 ; Quot/ Sj- Gaim. Voy. Astrol. 



Poiss. p. 688 (descript. bad), pi. 11. f. 2 ; Less. Voy. Duperr. Zool. 



Poiss. p. 213. 

 cyanostigma, Bleeker, Burn, p. 400. 



D. 11 1 -1-. A. 4-. L. lat. 45. 



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

 head three times. Vertex, temple, and operculum scaly. The width 

 of the space between the orbits is less than one-half of their dia- 

 meter, which is 21 to three times in the length of the head. The 

 snout is shorter than the eye ; no groove below the eye ; jaws nearly 

 equal in front ; no conspicuous skinny flaps. Praeorbital with very 

 distinct spines, one of which points dovniwards and crosses the max- 

 illary. The spinous portion of the dorsal higher than the soft ; the 

 spines of the anal strong, the middle one being the longest. Brownish, 

 clouded with rose-coloured, and dotted aU over with bluish-white. 



East Indian Archipelago ; Polynesia. 



a. Half-grown. Fi'om Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



h. Yoimg : bad state. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Young : not good state. Amboyna. Piu'chased of Mr. Frank. 



22. Sebastes longiceps. 



Iticharch. Ichth. Chin. p. 214. 



10 b 



The length of the head is 2| in the total. There are three small 



