5. SEBASTE8. 105 



vided with a groove along the middle ; vertex with prominent sjiines. 

 The fourth and fifth dorsal spines are the longest, one-third the length 

 of the head, and much shorter and more feeble than the second of the 

 anal. Brownish-red, marbled with darker ; fins dotted with white. 

 Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a. Large specimen : stuffed. Japan. 



h. Half-grown. China. 



c. Adult : bad state. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



20. Sebastes oculatas. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 466 ; Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 37 ; Oay, Hist. 

 Chil. Zool. ii. p. 178 ; Cuv. Mffne Anim. lU. Poiss. pi. 23. f. 3. 



D.||. A. J. 



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

 the head three times. The interocular space equals rather more 

 than half the diameter of the eye, and is concave, with two longitu- 

 dinal ridges. The (?rown of the head with prominent spines ; the 

 second anal spine longest and. strongest. E.ed : back brownish (with 

 four round red spots). (Jen.) 



Valparaiso. 



21. Sebastes strongensis. 



Scorpsena strongia, Cuv. ^- Val. iv. p. 32i{ ; Quoy ^ Gaim. Voy. Asb-ol. 



Poiss. p. 688 (descript. bad), pi. 11. f. 2 ; Less. Voy. Duperr. Zool. 



Poiss. p. 213. 

 cyanostigma, Bleeker, Buru, p. 400. 



D. Ill' A. 4-. L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is df in the total length, the length of the 

 head three times. Vertex, temple, and operculum scaly. The width 

 of the space between the orbits is less than one-half of their dia- 

 meter, which is 2-i to three times in the length of the head. The 

 snout is shorter than the eye ; no groove below the eye ; jaws nearly 

 equal in front ; no conspicuous skinny flaps. Prteorbital with very 

 distinct spines, one of which points downwards and crosses the max- 

 illary. The spinous portion of the dorsal higher than the soft ; the 

 spines of the anal strong, the middle one being the longest. Brownish, 

 clouded with rose-coloured, and dotted aU over with bluish-white. 



East Indian Archipelago ; Polynesia. 



a. Half-grown. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



b. Young : bad state. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank, 



c. Young : not good state. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



22. Sebastes lougiceps. 

 Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 2 14. 



The length of the head is 2^ in the total. There are three small 



