GG2 CONTEIBUTIOXS TO NOETH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



in head; pectorals ratber long aud narrow, the tips reachmg beyond 

 the tipsof the veutrals to the vent. Peritonenra black. Head 3; depth 

 3h. D. XIII-13; A. Ill, 7; pectoral 3i in length; Lat. 1. 75. L. 10 

 inches. Coast of California, in deep water; not rare. 



(Scbastivhthys proriger Jordan & Gilbert,. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1880, 327.) 



acta. Species with the scales moderate, the cranial ridges low, the skull thick, the 

 interorbital space broad and convex, the lower jaw scaly, its tip not strongly 

 projecting; gill-rakers slender; pectorals narrow ; peritoneum white. 



1016. S. atB'ovireias Jor. & Gilb. — Garrupa. 



Olive-green, marbled with darker; sometimes brownish; belly pale 

 yellowish green; fins olivaceous, no red anywhere. Body oblong, not 

 tapering rapidly backward. Head moderate, rather pointed. - Month 

 moderate, the lower jaw somewhat projecting, the maxillary extending 

 to beyond posterior border of the pnpil; its length 2 in head; ijre- 

 maxillary below pupil. Eye large, 3^ in head Cranial ridges low, not 

 ending in prominent spines; the following i>airs are present: preocular, 

 supraocular, and occipital, and sometimes a minute tympanic; nasal 

 spines prominent; preorbital very narrow, with two stout spines; pre- 

 opercnlar spines short, rather shar]), the second longer and slenderer 

 than the others; opercnlar and suprascapular spines sharp; interor- 

 bital space broad and shghtly convex, widened backward, a little de- 

 ])ressed on each side next the supraocular spine, its width less than 

 that of the eye and more than the lengtl: of the occipital spine. Gill- 

 lakers slender, not very long, the longest J the diameter of the eye. 

 Preorbital scaly; maxillary partly seal}'; mandible with some smooth 

 scales; scales large, regularly arranged. Dorsal fin rather deeply emar- 

 ginate, the spines moderate, the fifth half length of head and lower 

 than the soft rays; caudal truncate; anal fin short and high, its spines 

 slender, the second shorter than third, and not much stronger, about 

 2 J in head; longest soft rays 1^ in head; pectorals long and narrow, 

 reaching past vent nearly to beginning of anal, their length seven- 

 eighths that of head, their base narrow. Ventrals long, reaching just 

 l)ast the vent. Head 3; depth 2|. D. XIII-U; A. Ill, 6; Lat. 1. 52. 

 L. 15 inches. Coast of California; generally abundant, especially south- 

 ward. 



{ScbastlchiJujs airovircnft Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 289.) 

 1017. S. piomiger (Gill) J. & G.—FIiaim; Orange Bocl--Jisli. 



Ground color light olive-gray, profusely blotched with bright clear 

 orange-red or with light orange-yellow, the red shades predominating 



