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Scales moderate, in 58 transverse series, the small accessory scales 

 very numerous. 



Groundcolor briylit clear rose-red, tcithout any trace of ^purplish. 

 Eegion above the lateral line with much deep green, in the form of 

 reticulatnig- streaks. Below the lateral line the green gives place to 

 bright golden yellow, which is similarly mixed with the red. Top of 

 head with cross-bands of green and red, green streaks radiating from 

 the eye, one to snout, one along maxillary, three across cheeks and 

 oijercles, and one across temporal region. 



Four bright pale i)iiik spots on the sides of the back, arranged as in 

 rofioceufi, connteUatuSj and chlorostictus ; the color brighter than in these 

 species, and entirely devoid of the purplish ling which is found in 

 rosaccus ; one si)ot is under the fourth dorsal spine, one near the lateral 

 line under eighth dorsal spine, one under junction of si»inous and soft 

 rays, aiul me under the last soft ray. The tirst and third of these spots 

 are each surrounded l)y a distinct ring of green. Another pink spot on 

 the tip of the opercle. A distinct pale area behind eye. Dorsal with 

 the rays red and the membranes olive-green. Caudal and anal with the 

 rays red and the membranes golden. Pectorals red, dashed with olive. 

 Ventrals red. Under parts of head and the inside of the mouth i^ale 

 red, unspotted. 



In 8. rosaceus the red on head above, and around the pink spots on 

 the sides, is distinctly purple-red. The yellow or olive on the back and 

 sides blends with the red instead of forming distinct reticulations, and 

 there is little if any green on the back or fins. The lateral line is clear 

 red, usually not crossed by the olive marks. 



SehastkhthyH rhodochloris occurs in abundance in the deep waters of 

 the Bay of Monterey. It is a small tish, like 8. rosaceus^ and rarely 

 reaches a weight of more than a pound. It is known to the tishermen 

 of Monterey by the name of "Fly-tish," 8. rosaceus being called 

 " Corsair." 



One tisherman who j^rocured a number of them for us, on being told 

 that his "Fly-fish" was very much like the "Corsair," summed up the 

 relationships of the two as follows: "You bet it is like it, but it is a 

 different kind of fish." 



The following species of "rock-fish" were obtained by us in Monte- 

 rey Bay. The names used by the fishermen of Monterey are appended. 

 Most of these are evidently names in use for other species at the 

 Azores, transferred to species of Californian waters: 



S. paucispinis Meron, Tom-cod, Jack-fish. 



S. Havidus Yellow-tail. 



S. simubins 



S. niehinops Pe^sce Pretre (Priest-fish, from its color). 



S. entojnelas Buda. 



S. ovalis Vinva (Widow). 



Proc. I^at. Mus. 80 10 Jwly S, 1880. 



