lOf). SCORPiENlD.E — SEBASTODES. 663 



above, the pale below; bellj' neaiij' white; top of head with cross- 

 blotche.s and niarblings of orange, alternating with pale; side.s of tli<i 

 head flesh-eolored, with three bright orange bands radiating from the 

 eye; maxillary with orange touches; lips ])ale, tinged with blackish; 

 inside of mouth pale; dorsal fin with the membrane bright orange, a 

 large black blotch occupying the membranes between the seventh and 

 tenth dorsal spines; this spot is usually distinct, but in old exami)les 

 it is sometimes obsolete; pectorals light red, mottled with yellowish; 

 other tins all bright orange, without dusky tips, slightly mottled with 

 jjaler at base; lateral line running in a distinct continuous light-gray 

 streak, which is not crossed by the red markings; old specimens some- 

 times with large inky blotches on different ])arts of the body. Body 

 rather robust, elevated, and compressed. Mouth large, oblique, the 

 maxillary reaching to below the posterior margin of the large eye, its 

 length half the head; mandible somewhat projecting, with a knob at 

 the tij); the middle teeth on a raised base which fits into the emar- 

 gination of the upper jaw; interorbital space very broad, concave ou 

 either side of the convex center, as wide as the eye, which is 4 in head; 

 cranial ridges low, but stronger than iu preceding species; preocular, 

 su[)raocular, postocular, tympanic, and occipital present; the space be- 

 tween the two occipitals concave; the ridges small but sharj); both 

 jaws, ])reorbital, maxillary, mandible, and snout scaly, the scales ou 

 the lower jaw smooth; preorbital rather narrow, with two spines; pre- 

 opercular spines long and sharp. Dorsal fin deeply emarginate, the 

 spines rather high, nearly as high as the soft rays, the longest 2^ in 

 head; caudal fin lunate; pectoral fin long, reaching to the tips of the 

 long ventrals, past the vent; base of pectoral narrow, about as broad 

 as eye; second anal spine strong, nearly as long as third, ,'} in head. 

 Gill-rakers very long and slender, nearly ^ diameter of eye; accessory 

 scales numerous, esx)ecially on head. Peritoneum pale. Head 23 ; 

 depth 2?; pectoral 3J. D. XIII-14; A. HI, 7; Lat. 1. 48. L. 25 inches. 

 Pacific coast, from Monterey northward; one of the most important 

 species. 



{ScbaHiodcH romcens Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acud. Sci. ii, '21(), 18(V2, f. fri; not Schastea 

 roHdceux Grd.: Scbantosomiin pihiiitjer Gill, Proc. Ac:ul. N;it. Sci. Pliihi. lHli4, 147: Hcbas- 

 tichlhynpinniger Jot. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis. 1S80, 7'2.) 



lots. S. BlBiflliatus .Tor. &, Gilb. — Uaxc'nra; llaslur. 



Color al)i)\i' deei) verinilliou, mottled with tlesh-color on the sides, the 

 belly light red; back and sides everywhere with clusters of black dots, 



