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lating along the sides of the abdomen, ceasing in front of tips of ven- 

 trals; one beginning on the median line of the breast, forking near 

 the middle of the ventrals, the branches going straight to the lower 

 part of the tail. Dorsal high, less deeply emarginate than in the fol- 

 lowing species; the spines high; caudal sKghtly emarginate; sapraoc- 

 iilar tentacles moderate, about as long as pupil; sexes not very dis- 

 similar. Head 3§; depth 4^. D. XXII-I, 20; A. 23; Lat. 1. 110. 

 Alaska, south to San Francisco and Japan; abundant. 



(Steller, MSS. Tilesius, Act. Acad. Petrop. ii, 340, 1810: Labrax hexagrammm Pallas, 

 Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. iii, 684, 1811: Chirus hexatjrammus Giintlier, ii, 91: Chiropsis nebu- 

 losus Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 45, based on a specimen with some of the 

 soft rays of the dorsal broken, resembling spines: Chirus nehulosus Giinther, ii, 93: 

 Acantholebhis nehulosus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 166: Chirus trigrammus 

 Coi)e, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1873: Hexagrammus scaber Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1881, 154; based on very young si^eciniens, showing a rudimentary additional 

 lateral line along middle of side.) 



cc. Scales mostly cycloid posteriorly; dorsal very deeply emarginate. 



1000. H. siipercBllosBBS (Pallas) J. & G. 



Blackish-green, varying to dark brown and cherry-red, the coloration 

 and pattern extremely variable; sides usually with round pale spots, 

 "which are generally cherry-red, especially in the adult, but which are 

 sometimes nearly white and often obsolete; belly mostly reddish; 

 pectorals greenish or red, usually with 2 or 3 dusky crescent-shaped 

 cross-bands at base, the outer portion often plum-color; fins mostly 

 greenish or red, variegated; lower fins mostly dusky; flesh, and all 

 membranes, livid green, especially in the adult; stomach and intes- 

 tines of a livid green. Body rather robust. Orbital tentacle much 

 larger than in other species, its length f the diameter of the eye. A 

 few teeth on front of i^alatines. Skin covering suborbital stay naked; 

 cheeks otherwise scaly. Scales ctenoid on body anteriorly, becoming 

 nearly smooth behind and on head. Lateral lines 5; one on the middle 

 line from the nape, forking, and extending on each side nearly to end 

 of second dorsal; the second to the upper edge of the caudal; one to 

 the middle line of the tail; one from throat to about middle of anal; 

 and one on the middle line of the belly, forking behind the ventrals, 

 and extending on each side to the tail. Dorsal deeply emarginate. 

 Caudal truncate or slightly rounded; pectorals large. Sexes similar. 

 Head 4; depth 3J. D. XX-23; A. 22; Lat. 1. 107. L. 18 inches. 

 Alaska to Monterey; not rare. 



(Labrax supcrcUiosus Pallas, Mem. Acad. Petersb. ii, 388, 1810, and in Zoogr. Rosso- 

 Asiat. iii, 279: Chirus pictus Girard.. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 132: Chiropsis 



