36 First Annual Report 
Family SCORPAENIDAE 
Sebastodes rastrelliger (Jordan and Gilbert). Rock-Fish, Sting-Fish. 
(Plate I, C, and Figure 8 A) 
Fairly common near the rocky shores. All the species of Seor- 
penide are commonly known as ‘‘sting-fish,’’ ‘‘spine-fish,’’ or other 
names referring to the pungent dorsal spines. 
: Sebastodes carinatus (Jordan and Gilbert). 
One specimen taken in moderately deep water off Laguna Beach. 
Sebastodes serriceps (Jordan and Gilbert) 
One very dark colored specimen taken near Laguna Beach. 
Scorpaena guttata Girard. Sculpin, Scorpene. 
Besides the mature fish, which are fairly common along the shore 
near Laguna, one young, brilliantly colored specimen about three 
inches long was taken in a tide-pool. The photograph shown in 
Figure EF and the accompanying color notes are from this specimen. 
Ground color cream or grayish, but almost entirely concealed by 
the numerous markings. Chocolate colored markings appeared as 
follows: Large bloteh or stripe on cheek below eye, another on pos- 
terior margin of opercle; broad bar across base of pectoral, and 
another half way between this and tip; four broad irregular bands 
across body, extending on vertical fins, the last including caudal base; 
broad band, broken by darker spots near apex of caudal; large 
blotches covering basal half of anal and ventrals. Band across apex 
of all fins, and belly behind ventrals pink. Interorbital, and numer- 
ous spots on dark areas of fins, rufous. Caudal membrane yellow. 
Premaxillary, lower jaw, branchiostigals and throat spotted with 
silver. Membrane of ventrals blood red, except near apex. A large, 
irregular ocellus with black center and rufous border on base of 
4-6 rays of dorsal, extending down on back. Median light bands on 
pectorals and caudal, and light bands on body cream color. Dark 
areas more or less spotted with cream or gray, and light areas with 
brown or silver. The variegated pattern is shown by the figure. 
Family COTTIDAE 
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Ayres) 
One large specimen, twenty inches long, taken at Laguna. 
Clinocottus analis (Girard). Rock-Fish. 
(Figures 9, 10 and 10 A) 
Next to Girella nigricans this is the most abundant fish in the tide- 
pools near Laguna, and in the darker pools, and those without vege- 
tation it is the most abundant. The pools within a quarter of a mile 
