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dorsal are produced, and none of them are longer than the longest rays 
of the second dorsal. The longest anal ray is not much more than half 
as long as the longest dorsal ray, and equals half the length of the pec- 
torals. The length of the anterior dorsal base is about equal to that of 
the snout; the second dorsal base is about 24 times as long as the ven- 
tral fin. 
The length of the middle caudal rays is contained 8 times in the total 
Jenegth without caudal. 
The typical specimens are 13 inches, 134 inches, and 14 inches long, 
respectively. 
Radial formula.—b. VIL; D. 10, 60-63; A. 55-54; P. 15. 
There are 21 or 22 rows of scales between the anterior dorsal and the 
lateral line, and about 155 along the lateral line. ; 
Color.—Brown, with some light spots on the second dorsal and the 
sides; the anal fin and the two dorsals margined with darker brown. 
2. Phycis regius (Walb.) Jor. & Gilb. 
Col. Marshall McDonald, among numerous interesting forms of south- 
ern fishes, has recently secured 6 specimens of this species of Phycis, 
which were taken in a haul seine, March 26, 1880, at the mouth of the 
Cape Fear River, in North Carolina. These are numbered 90 in his col- 
lecting invoice. Phycis regius has not been recorded so far south before ; 
specimens have been taken in York River, a tributary of Chesapeake 
Bay. The discovery of two gadoids as far south as the Cape Fear and 
Charleston is quite unexpected. 
U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, 
Washington, April 9, 1889. 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF SEBASTICHTHYS (SEBAS- 
TiCHTHWYS VEINZTATUS), FROM MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA. 
By DAVID 8S. JORDAN and CHARLES Hi. GILBERT. 
Sebastichthys miniatus sp. noy. 
Allied to Sebastichthys pinniger Gill. 
Body oblong, the form much as in SN. pinniger and WN. atrovirens; the 
caudal peduncle rather stouter thanin pinniger. Head moderate, some- 
what pointed, the profile not very steep. Mouth rather large, the max- 
illary reaching to opposite the middle of the pupil, the premaxillary in 
front on the level of the lower edge of the pupil. Lower jaw projecting 
somewhat beyond the upper, with a rather conspicuous symplhyseal 
knob, which is larger than in pinniger. Middle of lower jaw elevated, 
so that the mesian teeth are much raised, and fit into an emargination 
