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2875. Auctospina dallii (Eigenmann and Beeson). 



Pacific coast of America, from San Francisco to Puget Sound; perhaps 



a variation of A. auriculata. 

 Pteropodus dallii Eigenmann and Beeson, Amer. Nat., XXVIII, January, 



1894, 66, San Francisco. 



Genus 989. PTEROPODUS Eigenmann and Beeson. 



Pteropodus Eigenmann and Beeson, Amer. Xat., XXVII, 1S93, 670 

 {Sebastichthys maliger Jordan and Gilbert) ; not Pteropus, a genus of 

 birds. 



2876. Pteropodus rastrelliger (Jordan and Gilbert). Grass rockfish. 



California coast, from San Diego to San Francisco. 



Sebastichthys rastrelliger Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 

 18S0, 296, :\Ionterey, Calif. 



2877. Pteropodus caurinus (Richardson). 



Pacific coast of America from Puget Sound to Sitka. 

 Sebastes caurinus Richardson, Vov. Sulphur, Ichthj-ology, 1845, 77, 

 pi. 41, fig. 1, Sitka. 



2878. Pteropodus vexillaris (Jordan and Gilbert). 



California coast, from San Diego to Cape Mendocino, replacing caurinus 



southward. 

 Sebastichthys vexillaris Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 



1880, 292, Santa Barbara Channel; San Francisco. 



2879. Pteropodus maliger (Jordan and Gilbert). Yelloiv-backed rock cod; 



Brown rock cod. 

 Pacific coast of America, from Monterey to Sitka; not rare. 

 Sebastichthys maliger Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 



1880, 322, San Francisco. 



2880. Pteropodus gilbert! (Cramer). 



Coast of California. 



Sebastodes gilbcrti Cramer, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., VI, 1896, 241, PI. 

 XLIII, San Francisco. 



2881. Pteropodus carnatus (Jordan and Gilbert). Flesh'Colored rock cod. 



California coast, from San Diego to Point Reyes, replacing P. chrys- 



omelas in shallow water. 

 Sebastichthys carnatus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 



1880, 73, Monterey, Calif. . 



2882. Pteropodus chrysomelas (Jordan and Gilbert). Black and yellow 



rock cod. 

 Pacific coast of .America, from Puget Sound to San Diego; common in 



moderate depths. 

 Sebastichthys chrysomelas Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



Ill, 1880, 4.^5, 465, Monterey, Calif. 



2883. Pteropodus nebulosus (Ayres). Yellow-spotted rock cod. 



Pacific coast; southeastern Alaska; Puget Sound region, Vancouver to 



Point Conception; common. 

 Sebastes nebulosus Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., I, 1854 (Sept. 11), 



5, San Francisco. 

 Sebastes fasciatus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., VII, 1854, 146, 



Presidio, California; not of Storer. 

 Sebastichthys fasciolaris Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 



297, San Francisco. 



Genus 990. SEBASTOCARUS 'i Jordan and Evermann. 



Sibastocarus Jordan and Fvcrinaiiii, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 

 XVI, Apr. 27, 1927, 507 {Sebastichthys serriceps Jordan and Gilbert). 



2884. Sebastocarus serriceps (Jordan and Gilbert). Treefish. 



Coast of California, from Point Reyes to Cedros Island; common south. 

 Sebastichthys serriceps Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 

 1880, 38, Santa Barbara and Santa Catalina Islands, Calif. 



" This genus is nearly allied to .Sebas tkhlhua difTering in the more compressed body and especially in 

 (he strict and high ridges on the bead, all of tnem free from se rratioos or accessory tubercles. 



