ire. scoPvP.EXiD/E — serartodes. GG7 



Eye vevy larfje, 3i in head. ]\raxill!uy and i)ieoil)ital partly scaled; 

 mandible and snout naked. Cranial lid.^es nincli as in *S'. coii.stcUaiKs, 

 but more depressed; i)reocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, and 

 occipital present; lenf>:tli of sui)raocular spine about equal to inter- 

 orbital width; preopercular spines short. Gill rakers moderate, longer 

 than in S. comtellatus, not clavate. Scales moderate, the ac(!essory ones 

 numerous. Dorsal si)ines rather low and strong, the fourth two iifths 

 the length of the head, about as high as the soft rays, the fin rather 

 deeply eumrginate; caudal slightlj' notched; anal rather low, with the 

 second spine curved, 2^ in head, much longer and stronger than third, 

 shorter than the soft rays; pectoral fins moderate, reaching beyond tips 

 of ventrals, past the vent, 3§- in body. Peritoneum blackii-h. Head 

 2§; depths. D. XIII-13; A. Ill, C; Lat. 1. 48. L. ILMnches. Coast 

 of California, in rather deep wcter; the most abundant of the red spe- 

 cies, and cue of the smallest. 



{Sehastes rosaceus Grd. Proc. Acad. N:it. Soi. Pliila. viii, 146, 1854, and in IJ. S. Pac. 

 R. R. Surv. Fisli. 78, pi. 21 (poor iij;ure, from a specimen in bad condition): Sehastes 

 hclromaciihittts Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. ii, 26, f. 8, 18"9: Sehastes rosaeeiis Giiutlier, 

 ii, 9,1) 



1022 S. riiodochloris .Tor. & anh.—Fly-JJsh. 



Bright clear rose-red, without trace of puri)lish ; region above lateral 

 line with much deep greeu in the form of reticulating streaks; below 

 the lateral line the green gives place to bright golden yellow similarly 

 mixed with red; top of head with cross-bands of green and red ; green 

 streaks radiating from the eye; four bright pale pink spots on the sides 

 of the back, arranged precisely as in rosaceus, cfnisfcUafus, and chloros- 

 tictus, the color brighter than in these, suriounded by rings of green, 

 without any trace of purplish shading; a i)ink o])ercular si)ot; a pale 

 area behind eye; tins all witli the rays red, the membranes olive or 

 golden. Body oblong, more elongate than in related species; maxil- 

 hiry 2^1^ in head, reaching beyond pupil; jaws about eciual; preorbital 

 narrow. I^^yes very large, 3^ in head. Cranial ri<^lges higher and 

 sharper than in any other of the red sjiecies; jjreocular, supiaocular, 

 ]iostocular, tympanic, and o(;cii)ital species j)resent ; interocular space 

 very narrow, its width less than length of su])iaocular s})iue; two sharp 

 ridges extending lengthwise of it ; preopercular spines long. Cill-rakers 

 as in rosaceus ; mandible finely scaled near the base. Dorsal lin moder- 

 ately emarginate, h)wer than in rosaceus, the longest spine nearly 3 in 

 head; soft dorsal as high as spines; caudal slightly notched; second 

 anal spint^ longer than in any other si)ecies, longer than maxillaiy, 

 higlier than the soft rays, half length of head; pectoral reaching past 



