104 rRIGLlDiE. 



interneurals of the second and third dorsal spines. The hsemapo- 

 physes of the last four abdominal vertebra) are much developed, and 

 on the last is snspended the first intorhajmal spine, which is very 

 strong, and equal in length to the first seven vertebrae. 



All the teeth are in villiform bands, those of the intermaxillary, 

 of the mandibula, and of the palatine bones reaching to the extremity 

 of the bones. The vomerine band is rectangularly bent. The upper 

 pliaryngcal teeth form several separate rounded patches. 



17. Sebastes bougainvillii. 

 Cur. ii,- Val. iv. p. 349. 



D. ll|-^. A.|. Caec. pylor. 4. 



The length of the snout is one-half the diameter of the eye, 

 which is 23 in the length of the head. The spines of the head very 

 proiiiinent ; there are eight spines along the superciliary edge. The 

 spinous dorsal elevated ; the third spine as high as the body, but 

 shorter than the second of the anal. Nearly all the pectoral rays 

 branched. (Ciiv.) 



Indian Ocean. 

 No air-bladder. 



Id. Sebastes fasciatus. 



Sebastes fasciatus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 146, and 



U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 79. pi. 22. 

 nebulosus, Ayre-f, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. 1854, p. 5, and Proc. 



Boat. Soc. Nat. Hist. 1854, p. 96. 



U. -. A. y. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 

 rather more than one-third of the total. The upper surface of the 

 head is provided with large spinous ridges. The lower jaw is slightly 

 prominent ; the upper maxillary reaches nearly to the vertical from 

 the posterior margin of the eye. The fourth dorsal spine (according 

 to the figure) is the longest, more than half the length of the head, 

 and much longer than the third and second of the anal, which are 

 nearly equal to each other. Greenish-yellow : head, body and fins 

 irregularly spotted with puiplish-black and whitish. (Gir.) 



Coast of California. 



19. Sebastes marmoratus. 



Sebastes marmoratus, Cuv. ^- Val. iv. p. 345; Faun. Japon. Potss. p. 46, 



pi. 21. f. 1,2. 

 Holocontrus albo-fasciatus, Lacip. iv. p. 372. 

 Sebastes albo-fasciatus, Ciw. t^- Val. iv. p. 344. 

 sinensis, M^adl. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 397. pi. 21. f. 3 



(cfr. Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 215). 



D. 11 1 i^. A. }. L. lat. 85. 

 The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head thr(M> limes ; the space between the eyes is concave, and pro- 



