lOG. SCORP^ENID.E SEISASTODES. C}~)^ 



covered witb ctenoid scales. Dorsal (in low, not deeijly emarsinate, the 

 iiienibrane Joiniui;- the thirteenth spine near its middle; soft dorsal low, 

 ]ii,uher than the spines, the lonj^est spine as lonj;- as maxillary, a little 

 less than half head; caudal emargiuate; anal low, its second spine 

 stronger, but not longer than the third, § the height of the soft lays, 

 2.\ in head; pectorals rather short, reaching beyond tips of ventrals to 

 vent. Gill-rakers numerous, very long and slender, nearly as long ;is 

 the eye. Peritoneum black. Head 3;^; depth ;>.\ ; pectorals Sj. 1), 

 XEII-15; A. Ill, 8; Lat. 1. 0(5. Coa.s-t of Alaska; not noticed south of 

 Kodiak. 



(Epinephelus ciliafus Tiles. Mem. Ac. Sci. St. Petersb. iv, 474, 1810: Pcrca rariahUia 

 Pallas, Zoomr. Rosso-Asiat. iii, 241, 1811: Sebantes variabilis Cuv. & Val. iv, 347: ;Se- 

 hatiteti variabilin Giiiitbcv, il,9i).) 



1012. So BiaystisiHS Jor. & Gilb.— Pw/ie r>rlrc; Blacl: Ilocl--fi>ih. 



Slaty black, becoming paler below the lateral line; sides more 

 or less mottled; tip of lower jaw black; top of head with 3 indistinct 

 cross-bars, extending on the cheeks; a dark bar on anterior edge of 

 opercle; fins all plain dusky. Body oval-oblong, compressed, both out- 

 lines evenly curved. Head rather blunt, compressed; profile obli(iue, 

 almost straight, becoming convex with age. Mouth smaller than in 

 any of the preceding species, oblique, the lower jaw protrudina"; pre- 

 maxillaries on the level of lower rim of orbit; maxillaries dilated be- 

 hind, reaching posterior margin of pupil, thickly scaled behind, their 

 length 21 in head. Cranial ridges obsolete, except the preocular, which 

 usually ends in a small spine; the region between and in front of the 

 eyes bulging considerkbly ; preopercle with rather strong spines, the 

 two at the angle longest; opercular spines rather strong. Spinous 

 dorsal very low, the longest spines 2i in head, lower than the soft rays, 

 the fin rather deeply emargiuate; second anal spine stronger than 

 third, and a little shorter, 3A in head; pectoral fins long, about as long 

 as head, their middle rays longest, reaching beyond the ventrals to 

 abcmt the tenth dorsal s])ine; caudal emargiuate. Peritoneum black. 

 Head 3^; depth 2f; pectorals 3^. D. Xni-la; A. Ill, 0; Lat. 1. GO 

 (oO-.").") tubes). ].. If inches. Puget Sound to San Diego; the most 

 abuiidnnt species of the family about San Francisco; found in lather 

 shallow water. 



{SchitxlKlitlii/.t nnixlinns .hm\A)\ &(ii\]H'vi, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 18.--0, 4.j5; lrt-<l, 56. 

 7(1.) 



lOl't. S. 4'lltoilielus Jor. cSL (jill). 



Dull olive-green; sides with obscure, round, rusty spots; belly, lips, 

 and lower parts tinged with creamy; obscure light and dark shades 



