106. SCORPiENID^ SEBASTODES. 657 



giuate; longest spine f leugtli of liend, scarcely bigUer tban the soft 

 rays; caudal emarginate; anal low. its spines small, short, graduated, 

 the second shorter than eye; pectorals narrow, rather long, not nearly 

 reaching vent, the base i| diameter of eye; ventrals shorter, not reach- 

 ing tips of pectorals. Peritoneum wliite. Head 2§; depth 3.^; pec- 

 torals 5. D. XIII-13; A. Ill, 9; Lat. 1. with G5-S0 tubes; about 100 

 scales in a longitudinal series. L. 30 inches. Coast of California ; 

 abundant in rather deep water. 



(Sehasfes pancispinia Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, G, 18.54: Sehastes^ 2^(""''''Pi">'^ 

 Gnl. U. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv. Fisb. 8:5; Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 165; Ayres, 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1832, 215: Scbastts pancisjnnis Giiiither, ii, 98.) 



aa. Species with scales small (lat. 1. GO to 70); cranial ridges little developed; skull 

 thick; lower jaw 'strongly projecting; anal rays III, 7 to III, 1); jaws scaly; 

 gill-rakers very long and slender. (Sfhastosomus^ Gill.) 



1009. S. flavidus Ayres.— Ft/ /oic-^a (7 Rock-Jhh. 



Olive green, rather pale, plain or finely spotted with yellowish; fins 

 olive, caudal strongly tinged with yellow; young mottled. Body ob- 

 long, compressed, the back not much elevated. Head rather long, 

 pointed. Mouth large, oblique, the maxillary extending to nearly 

 opposite posterior margin of eye, 2 in head; premaxillaries iu front on 

 the level of lower margin of pupil. Lower jaw strongly projectiug, its 

 symphyseal knob very prominent, but less so than iu 8. 'paucifipinis. 

 Preorbital narrow, without spines. Top of head evenly scaled, the 

 nasal spines only present and very small. Cranial ridges obsolete, 

 without spines; only the occipital ridges visible under the scales. In- 

 terorbital space evenly convex. Preopercular spines rather strong, all 

 of them directed strongly backwards; opercular spines moderate; su- 

 prascapular spines small, the upper obsolete. Scales medium; acces- 

 sory scales variable. Dorsal spines low, slender, the longest 3 in head; 

 the soft rays rather high, the fin very deeply emarginate, the mem- 

 brane joining the thirteenth spine at about one-fourth its height; cau- 

 dal fin notched ; anal spines low, regularly graduated, the third spine 

 less than half the height of the soft rays, the second as long as eye; pec- 

 toral fins shortish, rather broad, reaching tip of ventral <, but not quite 

 to vent. Peritoneum white. Head 3; depth 3; jiectoral t. I). XEII- 

 15; A. HI, 9; Lat. 1. about GO. L. 24 inches. Coast of California, 

 abundant; an important food-fish. 



(Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci, 1862, 209, f. 64.) 



* Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 147 : type Sehastes mdanop'^ Gnl. {(jF/iadtoi, 

 Sebastes; dcoitn, body.) 



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