106. SCORPiENID^ SEBASTODES. 671 



a browiiisli red streak along raiddleof maxillary, aud a second froiii tlio 

 preorbital downwards and bac^kwards across tlie clieek ; another from 

 eye to lower i)art (^f oi)ercle; tins all marked with dark and light olive 

 and reddish, the latter hiu' esi)C'cially on the ventrals and anal; base of 

 l>e(toral blackish; northern specimens are more blackish, aud less uni- 

 form in color; old specimens are often nearly uniform reddish Iwown; 

 the young' sometimes with obscure dark bars, the caudal Un si)e<'kle<l. 

 Body oblong; rather deep. Mouth moderate, below axis of body, the 

 jaws neai'ly equal; nraxillary reaching beyond eye, its length 2/, in 

 head; preorbital broad; interorbital s[)ace concave on each sid<; of a 

 broad median ridge; ])reocular, supraocular, tympanic, coronal, and 

 occipital spines present, the latter sometimes divided; preopercular 

 spines long, all directed backward, the second longest; opercular 

 spines weak; 3 suprascapular spines. Scales on body large, (;tenoid ; 

 accessory scales not very numerous; mandible naked. Spinous dorsal 

 high, the longest spine 2 in head, higher than the soft rays, which 

 are much elevated; second anal si)ine longer and stronger than third, 

 2.^ in head; soft part of anal high; pectorals rather short and broad, 

 the tips barely reaching the vent, their length 3^ in body; ventrals 

 reaching to vent; caudal truncate. Head 'S-\; depth 2i. D. XITl, 

 13; A. Ill, 7; Lat. I. 45. L. 18 inches. Pacific coast, from Vancouver's 

 Island to Cerros Islaiul, very abundant ; the only species entering 

 the bays and caught with hook and line from the wharves. It may 

 be known at once by the coronal spines, which are developed on no 

 other .Vnie.''ican species of the genus. In some of our specimens from 

 the Gulf of Georgia these spines are obsolete on one or both sides. 



(Sehastes aiiriculattis Grd. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 18r)4, 131, 140, and U. S. Pac. 

 R. R. Surv. Fish. 80: Sehastes aitriculutus Ayrcs, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 1862, 215, f. 68: 

 <>e/iH.s/<'« ruber xnr. parvus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. i, T, lisr>l.) 



1027. S. rastB-ellaffer Jor. & Gilh.— Grass Rock-fish. 



Blackish green, with paler mottlings, the sides spotted with darker; 

 belly pale greenish ; ])aired fins dark, often liordered wilh reddish ; other 

 fins chietly olivaceous, spotted with darker; the brightness of tli(» olive 

 and greenish shades is quite variable, but the species is always without 

 definite markings and without bright red. Body oblong, deei)est at the 

 shoulders. Head short, blunt. Mouth moderate, little obli(ine, the max- 

 illary reaching to the posterior margin of the eye, its length 'M; m head; 

 the premaxillary rather below the level of the eye; jaws equal, without 

 symphyseal knob. Eye small, anteiioi', 4^ in head. Cranial ridges 



