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strong, but broad and depressed, ending in small spines; preoeular, 

 supraocular, tympanic and occipital present; the occipital ridges are 

 very long, equalling the diameter of the orbit; preopercular spines 

 short and stout, the two npper subequal; opercular si)ines very broad 

 and flat, sometimes bifid; sui)rascapular spines strong; interorbital 

 space moderate, narrower than eye, flattish, with two low ridges; spines 

 of head little divergent backwards. Gill-rakers very short, wide, com- 

 pressed, the longest almost as wide as high. Scales on body large; 

 accessory scales few. Dorsal spines low, the tifth about two-fifths the 

 length of the head; the fin little emarginate; soft rays considerably 

 higher than spines; caudal slightly rounded; anal high, its spines low, 

 the second as high as the third and much stouter, 3 in head; jiectoral 

 rather short, reaching vent, its base extremely broad, its width about 

 one-third length of head; the lower rays much thickened; length of 

 pectorals 3§ in body; ventrals moderate, not quite reaching the tips of 

 the pectorals. Peritoneum brownish. Head 3; depth 2f. D. XIII- 

 13; A. Ill, 6; Lat. 1. 47. L. 15 inches. Coast of California ; abundant 

 southward. A strongly marked species, known at once by its short 

 gill-rakers. 

 (Sehastickthi/s rastreUUjer Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus, 1830, 296.) 



1028. S. caurinus (Rich.) Jor. & Gilb. 



This form agrees with the subspecies vexillaris, in general characters, 

 differing in the color, which is scarcely reddish or yellowish, the dark 

 shades being dark brown, the pale shades light brownish and better 

 defined than in vexillaris; the chin is rather more projecting; the dor- 

 sal spines are slender and much lower than in vexillaris; in this respect 

 there is considerable variation among individuals; the armature of the 

 head is essentially the same as in vexillaris, as are the fin-rays, gill- 

 rakers, and scales. Puget Sound to Sitka; abundant. 



{Sebastes caurinus Richardson, Voy. Sulphur. Ichth. 77, pi. 41, f. 1, 1845. This species 

 has no special affinity with the Japanese S. iiicrmia, with which it has been identified 

 by Dr. Giinther. ) 



Siibsp. vexillaris Jor. & Gilb. — Garrupa. 



Bright pale yellowish-red, becoming lighter below, the reddish and 

 yellowish forming large and irregular areas, sometimes one shade pre- 

 dominating, sometimes the other; a pink cross-blotch on the back at 

 base of the second and third dorsal spines sometimes present; npper 

 parts of head mostly pink, with broad olive shades running backward, 

 one on the lower lip, one on the maxillary, one from preorbital region 

 downward, one from the eye backward and downward across the cheeks. 



