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dorsal arc produced, and none of tbem are longer than the longest rays 

 of the second dorsal. The longest anal ray is not much more than half 

 as long as the longest dorsal ray, and equals half the length of the pec- 

 torals. The length of the anterior dorsal base is about equal to that of 

 the snout ; the second dorsal base is about 2^ times as long as the ven- 

 tral tin. 



The length of the middle caudal rays is contained 8 times in the total 

 length witliout caudal. • 



Tbe typical specimens are 13 inches, 13i inches, and 14 inches long, 

 respectively. 



Radial formula.— B. YII ; D. 10, 60-63; A. 53-54 ; P. 15. 



There are 21 or 22 rows of scales between the anterior dorsal and the 

 lateral line, and about 155 along the lateral line. 



Color. — Brown, with some light spots on the second dorsal and the 

 sides ; the anal tin and the two dorsals margined with darker brown. 



2. Phycis regius (Walb.) Jor. & Gilb. 



Col. Marshall McDonald, among numerous interesting forms of south- 

 ern fishes, has recently secured 6 specimens of this species of Fhycis, 

 which were taken in a haul seine, March 26, 1880, at the mouth of the 

 Cape Fear Eiver, in North Carolina. These are numbered 90 in his col- 

 lecting invoice. Phycis regius has not been recorded so far south before ; 

 specimens have been taken in York River, a tributary of Chesapeake 

 Bay. The discovery of two gadoids as far south as the Cape Fear and 

 Charleston is quite unexpected. 



F. S. National Museum, 



Washington, April 9, 1880. 



VESCRIPTIOIV OF A NEPT SPECIES OF SEBASTICHTHYS (SEBAS- 

 TICnXHYS MBIVIATUS), FROM MONTEREY RA¥, CAEIFORIVIA. 



By OAVID S. JOKDAN and CIIARL.ES H. OII^BERT. 



Sebastichthys minlatus sp. nov. 



Allied to Sebastichthys pinniger Gill. 



Body oblong, the form much as in S. pinniger and S. atrovirens; the 

 caudal peduncle rather stouter than in pinniger. Head moderate, some- 

 what pointed, the profile not very steep. Mouth rather large, the max- 

 illary reaching to opposite the middle of the pupil, the premaxillary in 

 front on the level of the lower edge of the pupil. Lower jaw projecting 

 somewhat beyond the upper, with a rather conspicuous symphyseal 

 knob, which is larger than in pinniger. Middle of lower jaw elevated, 

 so that the mesian teeth are much raised, and fit into an emarginatiou 



