REPORT OF COMMISoIONEli OF FISH AND FISHERIES [108] 



1274. Sebastichthys miuiatus Jonlau &. Gilbert. C. (1018) 



1275. Sebastichthys matzubaras ' Hilf;endorf. A. 



$ Sebastomua Gill. 



1276. Sebastichthys ruber Ayres. C. (lOl'J) 



1277. Sebastichthys umbrosus Jordan & Gilbert. C. (lOlOJ.) 



1278. Sebastichthys constellatus . Ionian & Gilbert. C. (lOUO) 



1279. Sebastichthys rosaceus Glrard. C. (1021) 



1280. Sebastichthys rhodochloris Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1022) 



1281. Sebastichthys chlorostictus Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1023) 



1282. Sebastichthys elongatus Ayroa. C. (1024) 



1283. Sebastichthys rubrovinctus Jordan &, Gilbert. C. (1025) 



5 Sebastichthys. 



1284. Sebastichthys auriculatus Girard. C. (1026) 



1285. Sebastichthys rastrelliger Jordan «& Gilbert. C. (1027) 



1286. Sebastichthys caurinus Kichardsou, A. (1028) 



1286b. Sebastichthys cauHnu>< vexillarh J ovAau & G'\\\>iivt. C. (1028 6.) 



1287. Sebastichthys maliger Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1029) 



1288. Sebastichthys carnatus Jordan Si, Gilbert. C. (1030) 

 1288b. Sehastichthiis carnatus chrijsomelas ioxiXan &, G\\he,vt. C. (1031) 



1289. Sebastichthys nebulosus Ayres. C. (1032) 



1290. Sebastichthys serriceps Jordan «fe Gilbert. C. (1033) 



1291. Sebastichthys nigrocinctus Ayres. C. (1034) 



415.-SEBASTOPSIS2 Gill. 



1292. Sebastopsis xyris Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



416.-SEBASTOPLUS ' Gill. 



1293. Sebastoplus dactylopterus Do 1^ Koche. B. En. (1035) 



' Sebastichthys matzubarw (Hilgendorf). Dark red ; three dark shades across cheeks. 

 Allied to Sebastichthys mimatns. Spines of head low, developed about as iu*S'. miniatua 

 and S. jnuniger. Preocnlar, sniuaocnlar, postocular, t.\nipanic, occipital, and nuchal 

 spines distinct ; a pair of small coronal spines present, as also a small spine before 

 and one just below eye. Maxillary reaching to posterior border of eye 1* in Lead. 

 Both jaws covered with rough, ctenoid scales. Interorbital space flattish, scaled, its 

 breath a little less than that of eye. Preopercular spine short, simple. Preorbital 

 spines simple. Lower jaw scarcely projecting. Second anal spine scarcely longer than 

 third. Longest dorsal spine 2J in head, a little less than the longest short rays. Pec- 

 toral 4^ iu body. ^ 



Color chiefly red; three dark shades across cheek. D. XIII, 14. A. Ill, 7. Yeso; 

 Aleutian Islands. The above description from a specimen in the Berlin Museum, 

 brought by Pallas from the Aleutian Islands. 



{Perca variabilis Pallas, Zoogr. Kosso. Asiat., Ill, 241 , 1811 , in part ; the larger speci- 

 men, No. 8145, Berl.Mus. ; Sebastes maizubanc Hilgendorf, Sitzber. Gesellschaft Xatur- 

 forscheudor Freunde, Berlin, 1880, 170 ; Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883,291.) 



* Sebastopsis Gill. 



(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18(52, 278 ; type Sebastes polylcjiis Bleeker. 



This genus differs from /Stbas^ic^/iy-s in the absence of ])alatine teeth. The known 

 species are small in size and not very numerous. {Sebastes ; oij>i6, appearance.) 



Sebastopsis xyris Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , 1882, 309. Cape San Lucas. 



3 Sebastoplus Gill. 



(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18G3, 207; type Sebastes kuhli Lowe.) 



This genus includes species which have the general characters of Sebastichthys, with 

 the vertobriB and dorsal spines iu smaller number, as in Scorpaena. 



The species are red in color and mostly inhabit deep water. {Sebastes; OTtXoi, 

 armed.) 



