106. SCORP^NID^ SEBASTODES. 665 



1019. S. ruber (Ayres) J. & G.—licd Jiock-fixh ; Tnmhor. 



Color clear deep vermiliou red, paler below; a narrow undulating 

 wbitisli streak alon,i;' the sides, from the eye to above the base of the 

 anal, and another along- the lateral line; these indistinct iu the adult; 

 faint dusky shades radiating from eye; fins red, the soft fins always 

 largely blackish at tip, especially in the young; young more distinctly 

 marked than the adults, which are nearly jdain brick-red. Body oblong, 

 rather deej), not much compressed. Head large, blunt. Mouth large, the 

 maxillary reaching nearly to posterior edge of eye, its length half that 

 of head; premaxillary on level of lower edge of pupil; lower jaw a little 

 projecting, the symphyseal knob slight. Cranial ridges rather high and 

 sharp, smooth in the young, becoming very rough and broken in the 

 adult; i)reocular, supraocular, postocular, tymiianic, and occipital pres- 

 ent ; preocular spines triangular; supraocular short, becoming with age 

 divided into a series of irregular spines and tubercles; occipital ridges 

 diverging, likewise divided in adults; interorbital space broad, flattish, 

 coarsely scaled, with 2 slight ridges anteriorly. Eye moderate, 4i in 

 head; preorbital wide; preopercular spines broad, usually divided, the 

 third nudtifid. Scales on head rough; jaws naked; suborbital stay 

 weak. Gill-rakers short, chivate, the longest ^ eye. Scales on body 

 rough; accessory scales numerous; pectoral short, broad, its length 4 

 in body; dorsal spines stout, rather low, the fiu not deeply notched, 

 the longest sjune about as high as the soft rays, 2i iu head; caudal 

 truncate; soft fins scaly; second anal spine little stronger or longer than 

 the third, § height of soft rays, L'j in head. Peritoneum white. Head 

 3; depth 2§. D. XIII-U; A. Ill, 7; Lat. 1. about 50. L. 30 inches. 

 Pacific coast, from Santa Barbara northward, abundant; reaches a 

 larger size than any of the others, except possibly S. pauciHiyims. 



{Sebasti'H ruber Ayres, Proc. Cal. At-ad. Sci. J, 7, 1854, and is(j2, 21').) 



1020. S. coiistellatus Jor. & Gilb. 



Orange-red; back olive shaded; belly yellowish; cheeks with red 

 and yellowish shades; head and body everywhere closely covered with 

 small roundish ])ale spots; spots above light rose color; below larger 

 and nearly white; 4 or 5 roundish rose-colored blotches on the back, 

 besides some mottlings of a similar shade; the first spot, often obscure, 

 under tlie fourth dorsal spine; the next near the lateral line under the 

 eighth dorsal spine; the third close to the junction of the two i)arts of 

 the dorsal; the fourth under the end of the soft dorsal; a fifth some- 

 times near the base of eighth dorsal spine; opercular llaj) with a rosy 



