536 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



half the length of the third, the third less than length of snout and 



orbit ; second anal spine longest. Toj) of head mostly naked ; a few 



scales along the median line behind the pui^il. Head 3; depth 3|; eye 



1| in snout. D. IX, I, 13; A. Ill, 7; Lat. 1. 73. L. 18 inches. Coast 



of California; abundant southward. 



(Lahrax clathrattts Grd. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 143 : Paralabrax clatliratus 

 Grd. U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. 34 : Paralabrax clatliratus Giinther, i, 62 : Atractoperca clath- 

 rata Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 165.) 



§41. S. ina.cca3oifa$ciaLtus Steindacliner. — CahriUa. 



Olive brown, everywhere above thickly covered with dark hexagonal 



or roundish spots, which cover more space than the ground color, the latter 



forming reticulations around them ; spots on back more or less confluent, 



most distinct and tinged with orange on sides of head, branchiostegals, 



and base of pectorals ; about 7 oblique dusky cross-bars along the sides, 



in which the spots are deeper in color and more confluent ; a bluish stripe 



from eye across ch6eks ; lips plumbeous ; lower side of head yellow ; 



spinous dorsal dusky, the membrane of third spine black ; soft dorsal 



with bronze spots ; caudal with confluent dark spots at base and bronze 



spots at tip ; other fins mottled with bronze and dusky. Preorbital very 



wide, wider than eye ; maxillary narrow, reaching middle of pupil, its 



width about half that of eye ; gill rakers short, 14 below angle of arch ; 



pectoral short, 1| in head; ventrals If; third and fourth dorsal spines 



elevated, the second two- fifths the height of the third, which is longer 



than snout and orbit ; second anal spine shorter than third ; top of head 



scaled on the middle line to oijposite front of pupil, naked on sides; eye 



half as long as snout. Head 3 ; depth 3. D. X, I, 14 ; A. Ill, 7 ; Lat. 



1.90(72 pores). L. 12 inches. Coast of California, abundant from San 



Diego southward. 



(Steindacliner, Iclitliyol. Notizen vii, 969, 1868; Vaillant & Bocourt, Miss. Sci. au 

 Mex. iv, 72, 1874.) 



§43. S. Bae9>eilifcr (Grd.) Steind. — Johnny Verde. 



Greenish with irregular pale and dark mottlings and traces of dark 

 oblique cross-bars, the colors having a washed or faded appearance; fins 

 dull bluish black, mottled ; lower side of tail with wavy whitish streaks ; 

 under side of liead salmon color; jireorbital, suborbital, and cheeks pro- 

 fusely marked with round orange spots ; a dark streak downward and 

 backward from eye; caudal mottled. Preorbital very broad, its least 

 width about equal to the diameter of the eye; maxillary rather narrow, 

 half as broad as the eye, reaching middle of pupil ; gill-rakers shortish, 



