106, SCORP^NID^ SEBA8T0DES. G75 



chri/sGmvlas covered with tliiclc skin; preocular, supraocular, tympanic, 

 and occipital present; occipital spines lower and narrower tli an in chrij- 

 somelas ; preopercular spines small and bluntish. Gill-rakers short, 

 clavate. Spinous dorsal always higlier than in chrvHomclas^ the highest 

 spines 2 in head, rather higher than the soft rays, the membranes more 

 deeply incised than in clirysomelas ; caudal truncate; anal moderately 

 high, the second spine, 23 in head, stronger and slightly longer than 

 third, about two-thirds height of soft rays; i)ectorals rather short, 3i 

 in head, about reaching to the vent, their bases very broad, the lower 

 rays thickened and fleshy; ventrals reaching vent. Peritoneum white. 

 Head 2|; depth 2f. D. XIir-13; A. Ill, 0; pyloric cceca 8; vertebrte 

 12 -f 15; Lat. 1. 43. L. 14 inches. Coast of California, generally abun- 

 dant; in rather shallow water. 

 {Sebastichtliys carnatus Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1880, 73.) 



1031. S. chrysoBiieBas Jor. & Gilb. 



Pattern of coloration precisely as in S. carnatus, the colors different; 

 light shade a clear, warm, brownish yellow, with some specks of deeper 

 orange; varying from a dusky orange to olivaceous jellow, the latter 

 color more often seen on the belly; dark shade, black or dark brown, 

 with slight olive tinge; dark color predominating on the back; mem- 

 brane between third and fourth dorsal spines and an area at the base 

 of these si)ines always i)ale; a yellow blotch extending thence downward 

 and backward, usually joining the light color of the belly; another light 

 area passing from near the angle of the opercle around the pectorals, 

 uniting below them; three other blotches along the back, one under 

 the eighth dorsal spine, one under the last spine, and one under the 

 last soft ray ; from each of these, irregular pale areas extend down the 

 sides; fins the color of the region to which they belong; head above 

 with dusky cross-shades and faint bands radiating from the eye. Body 

 short and stout, compressed. Head short, bluntish. Mouth rather 

 small, entirely below the axis of the body; lower jaw slightly included; 

 premaxillaries on level of lower edge of orbit; maxillary reaching poste- 

 rior margin of eye, its length 2 in head ; preorbital wide. Cranial 

 ridges very i^rominent, high and strong, covered with thick skin, ending 

 in strong spines, which diverge backward; preocular, supraocular, tym- 

 panic, and occipital present; preopercular spines short and thick. Gill- 

 rakers as in S. carnatus. Scales moderate, rough, the accessory ones 

 few; lower jaw, maxillary, nasal region, and space in front of eye naked. 

 Dorsal spines high and strong, the highest 2J in head, rather higher 

 than the soft rays, the fin deeply emarginate; second anal spine 2| in 



