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paler at base and spotted with reddish. Membrane of the third dorsal 

 spine scarcely paler than that of the second. There are no other traces 

 of the light areas found in nehulosus and faHciolaris. There are usually 

 traces of brownish shades radjating from the eye and alternating- with 

 yellowish areas. 



This species is not rare in the San Francisco markets. The speci- 

 mens from which the above description was taken, four in number, were 

 obtained in the neighborhood of the Faralloues. It is frequently taken 

 in deep water in Monterey Bay and in the Straits of Fuca; it is very 

 abundant, reaching a large size. It is one of the larger species, agree- 

 ing* in size and api^earance with 8. vexillaris. Its relations are, however, 

 more nearly with 8. nehulosus, and it forms a transition from the brown 

 to the red series. 



Table of measurements. 



Leugtli to base of caudal =100 



Body : 



Greatest height 37. r> 



Least height of tail 11.8 



Head : 



Greatest length 38. 5 



Length of occipital ridges 6. 3 



Length of supraocular ridges 4.3 



Length of preocular ridges 2.2 



Interorbital width 7.9 



Length of snout 9.2 



Length of gill-rakers 3. 5 



Length of maxillary 19. .5 



Diameter of orbit 10. 5 



Dorsal : 



Longest spine 23 



Longest ray 17. 5 



Least height of membrane between third and fourth spines 4.5 



Anal : 



Second 8]3ine 12. 3 



Third spine 12 



Longest ray 18 



Caudal, length 17 



Pectoral : 



Length 25 



Widthofbase U 



Ventral, length 22 



Dorsal XIII, 12 



Anal - III, (3 



Lateral line (rows of scales) 47 



Extreme length, in inches 15. 45 



Length to base of caudal, in inches , , , 13. 1 



San Francisco, Oal., 3fm^ch 15, 1880. 



