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notched. Head 4^; depth 4^. D. XX, 24; A. 23; Lat 1. 105; 1. tr. 50. 

 L. 3 inches. Coast of Alaska; known from young specimens only. 

 (Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 154.) 



Page 661. SebaModes proriger ranges northward to Alaska, where it 

 grows to a considerable size. In the original descriptions, both of 

 "■ Epinepheliis ciliatus^^ and ^^Perca variabilis,''^ it is evident that S. pro- 

 riger has been confounded by Tilesius and Pallas with the species for 

 which we have retained the name of S. ciliatus. 



On page 665, after Sebastodes ruber, add : 

 1019 (&). S. lambrosMS J. & G. 



Light orange, overlaid everywhere with blackish, the latter color 

 forming on the lower part of the sides reticulations in fine pattern, 

 the centers of the scales being paler than the edges; sides of head 

 with dusky shades; sides of back with some large areas of blackish; 

 upper parts with 5 large rounded blotches of pink washed with orange, 

 these blotches arranged as in constellatus, but larger, less sharply de- 

 fined, and of a different hue; the second blotch with a smaller one above 

 it; a rosy spot on opercular flap; fins pale orange, shaded with dusky. 

 General form of constellatus. Mouth moderate, oblique, the lower jaw 

 scarcely projecting, its tip fitting into the emarginate tip of upper jaw; 

 maxillary 2 in head, reaching posterior margin of pupil; both jaws with 

 small, smoothish scales. Cranial ridges rather sharp, lower than in con- 

 stellatus; preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, and occipital 

 spines present; interorbital area concave, with two prominent ridges; 

 the region much broader than in constellatus, % width of eye; supra- 

 ocular ridge low, its spine smaller than tympanic spine; preocular 

 prominent; preopercular spines all acute; preorbital narrow, with two 

 spines. Eye large, 4 in head. Gill-rakers rather long and slender, the 

 longest about half eye. Scales moderate, with many accessory scales. 

 Dorsal rather low, deeply emarginate; fourth spine equal to soft rays, 

 about I head ; soft dorsal longer than high ; second anal spine large, 

 2h in head; caudal slightly emarginate; pectoral not reaching vent, 

 3| in body. Head 2f ; depth 2|. D. XHI, 12; A. Ill, 6; Lat. 1. 40 

 (tubes). Santa Barbara, California. 



{SebasiicUhys umbrosus Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 



Pao-e 679. The species here called Scorpcena dactyloptera proves 

 to have been correctly identified with the European species. It has 

 lately been taken in considerable numbers along the Gulf stream. The 



