180 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



The pectoral and ventral reach the same vertical point just behind 

 the vent (in Sebastodes saxicola the pectoral reaches well past the 

 ventral); the pectorals are rather narrow and pointed. The second 

 anal spine is stouter and both the second and first are much more 

 strongly curved than in Sebastodes saxicola, the second projects well 

 past the much slenderer third, but scarcely reaches to the tips of the 

 soft rays; its length is half that of the head. The spinous dorsal is 

 lower; the fourth and fifth spines are subequal in length, and equal to, 

 or a trifle shorter than, the highest dorsal rays; the lowest spine at 

 the dorsal notch is about half that length. The caudal is very shal- 

 lowly notched. 



The scales are moderately coarsely ctenoid on the body, and with 

 scarcely any accessory scales except on the anterior part of the body 

 and head; ctenoid scales cover the head to the tip of the snout, and 

 cover the opercles and cheek. The preorbital, maxillary, mandible, 

 and breast are closely invested with cycloid scales. 



The color is very much darker than in any example of Sebastodes 

 saxicola at hand. There is a conspicuous broad dark band on top 

 of the caudal peduncle; another under the soft dorsal extending to 

 below the lateral line and apparently composed of two bars run to- 

 gether; one under the posterior end of the spinous dorsal. Across the 

 anterior part of the body the bars are run together, making the color 

 more or less solid. A very broad dark bar runs back from the eye 

 to the tip of the opercle, and another from the eye to the pectoral base. 

 There is a very inconspicuous narrow bar between the anterior margin 

 of the eyes; another between the posterior margin, and a third be- 

 tween the occipital ridges. The tip of the mandible is dark, and the 

 anterior parts of the maxillary and premaxillary are dusky. The 

 greater part of the dorsals and base of the caudal are dusky. The 

 other fins are colorless, except the pectoral, which is very slightly 

 tinged with dusky. Inside of the mouth and gill-cavities there are 

 dusky blotches, and the peritoneum is black. 



The type and only specimen was taken by a shrimp-dredger and 

 secured by the zoologists of the University of Kansas, to whom I 

 owe the opportunity of describing it. It is 207 mm. in length, and is 

 deposited in the collections of the Carnegie Museum. 



I take pleasure in naming this species for Dr. Bashford Dean. 



