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The species was known from tbe western Atlantic as early as the time of Cuvier, who 

 had specimens sent from Mi(juelon, Newfouudlaud, by M. de la I'ilaie. It was, however, 

 .originally described from Xorway by Liuna-us, and seems to have been mentioned by Olaf- 

 sen abont Icehmd as early as 1774. LinnaMis ascribed it also to the Mediterranean, but, as 

 Cuvier has shown, it is very ev^ideut that the southeru tisii which he had in mind was Ser- 

 ramis scriha (compare Systema Naturce, 12th edition, pp. 483 and 48G). It has never been 

 found south of the British Channel, and the figure by Day was obtained by him from 

 Utrecht or Leyden, but he does not say whether or not it was from Dutch watei's. Day 

 gives a number of localities of its capture about the British Isles, but it is rare south of 

 Faroe Islands. 



It occurs on the southwest coast of Spitzbergeu (Malmgren, loc. cit.), and on the Norwe- 

 gian coast it is found everywhere from Christiania around to the Varanger Fiord. It also 

 occm-s in Greenland, and from Labrador, as a shore form, as far south as Maine (See Essex 

 Fishes), and in deeper water, as shown in the accompanying list, as far south as 3i)^ 48.' Tlu; 

 Norwegian expedition obtained it as deep as 147 fathoms, and American vessels down 

 to 179. 



Specimens of this species have also been found by the steamer Albatross in the follow- 

 ing localities: No. 33370, U. S. N. M., from station 20(j7, iu 42^ 15' 25" N". lat., G'jo ^g' ^o" 

 W. lou., at a depth of 122 fathoms; No. 3351)1, U. S. N. M., from station 2088, iuSO^oO' 15" 

 N. lat., 70O 36' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 143 fathoms; No. 33507, tJ. S. N. M., from station 

 2090, in 390 50' 10" N. lat., 70^ 41' 10" W. Ion., at a depth of 140 fathoms; No. 33389, U. S.N. 

 M., fi-om station 2061, in 42° lo' N. lat., 66-= 47' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 115 fathoms; No. 

 33381, U. S.N. M., fi-om station 2053, in 42^ 02' N. lat., 68^3 27' W. Ion., at a depth of 105 

 fathoms; No. 33409, IT. S. N. M., froui station 2063, in 42a 23' N. lat., GO^ 23' VV. Ion., at a 

 depth of 141 fathoms; and from station 2430, in 42^ o^i' 30" N. lat., 50o 50' W. lou., at a 

 depth of 917 fathoms; station 2522, iu 42° 20' N. lat., 65o 07' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 104 

 fathoms; station 2560, iu 39^ 48' 10" N. lat., 71° 48'4(»" W.lon., at a depth of 114 fathoms; 

 station 2431, in 43° 00' N. lat., 50^ 47' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 129 fathoms, aud station 2580, 

 iu 410 25' 30" N. lat., 69° 01' W. Ion., at a depth of S:i tathoms. Others (No. 31536, U. S. 

 N. M.) were taken by the steamer Fish Hawk off Cape Cod at a depth of 55 fathoms. The 

 Speedwell also obtained ten specimens (No, 21814, U. S. N. M.) fiom station 138, iu 12° 33' 

 N. lat., 700 26' W. Ion., at a depth of 59 tathoms. 



SEBASTES MARINIJS VIVIPARUS, (KrOyer). 



Sebastes vivipariis, KROYER,Naturhist.Tidsskr., i, 1844-'4.5, 275. — Gaim.vrd, Voy. Scaud., Poissons, VI.— Gill, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 333.— Ginther, Cat. Pish, Brit. Mus., u, %: CUalU-ngtr Report, 

 xxu, 18.— Gray, Aun. and Slag. Nat. Hist. (1), 1, 1868, 312.— Goode aud Beax, Bull. Essex Inst., xi, 

 1879, 14.— Strom, Norsk. Vid. Sclsk. Skritt. 1881, 73; 1884, 16.— Lilljeuoiu;, Svcriges Fisk., 101.— Jordan 

 and Gilbert, Bull, xvi, U. S, Nat. JMus. 632. 



This form is recognized by certain Scandinavian zoiilogi.sts aud l)y Giinther in his later 

 writings as a distinct species. No very salient characters have been poiuted out, save that 

 it is smaller, has a higher body, and hjnger head, a narrower interorbital space, longer 

 pectoral and ventral tins, and an additional soft ray in dorsal and anal. Jordan describes 

 its general color as brownish red, somewhat mottled, with a blackish blotch ou the opercle, 

 and some other browni.sh spots on the body, as if he had ideutilied this form from American 

 waters. All those we have seen are more like the (S'. vivipdnis tyi)e. Giinther says that it is 

 found ill Scandinavian waters at a depth of 300 fathoms. It is generally understood to be 

 more littoral iu its habits than »S'. marhtus. 



SEBASTOLOBUS, Gill. 



Selastolobus, Gill, Report, Smithsonian Institution, 1880 (l.s81), .375. 



Scorp?enids with vertebni? as iu the typical species of Sebastes and characterized 

 by the pectorals having a wide base, produced backwaixls near the upper luargiu, aud not 

 medially, while the lower rays are thickened and extend much beyond the rays next above 



