2 PROSEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Lips red, mottled with blackish. . Under side of head light red, mottled 
with darker. Inside of mouth red. 
Fins all bright vermilion; spinous dorsal spotted with olive-gray be- 
jow, the membrane posteriorly edged with blackish; soft dorsal spotted 
below with blackish, a vertical dark olive streak on each membrane; 
other fins tipped with blackish, the membranes more or less dotted. No 
black blotch on the spinous dorsal; no distinct pale streak along the 
lateral line. 
The coloration of Sebastichthys pinniger, which has thus far never been 
described, is as follows: 
Ground color light olive-gray, profusely blotched with bright clear 
orange-red, the red shades predominating above, the pale below. Belly 
nearly white. Top of head with cross-blotches and marblings of orange, 
alternating with pale. Sides of the head flesh-colored, with three bright 
orange bands radiating from the eye; maxillary with orange touches. 
Lips pale, tinged with blackish. Inside of mouth pale. 
Dorsal fin with the membranes bright orange, a large black blotch oe- 
cupying the membranes between the seventh and tenth dorsal spines; 
this spot is usually distinet, but in old examples it is sometimes obso- 
lete. Pectorals light red, ore with yellowish. Other fins all bright 
orange, without dusky tips, slightly mottled with paler at base. Lateral 
line running in a distinct continuous light-gray streak, which is not 
crossed by the red markings. 
S. miniatus was first known to us from two specimens taken at Santa 
Barbara. These were provisionally considered as representing a variety 
of pinniger, but after the examination of an extensive series of specimens 
from Monterey Bay we were forced to the conclusion that the deep-red 
forms, although nearly allied to S. pinniger, belong to a distinct species. 
The.difference in color is very marked and the two species may be sep- 
arated at sight. In life any of the numerous species of this genus may 
be at once recognized by the color alone, a feature which, circumstances 
of age and eupcouadings being equal, is in this group SennenieeTSe con- 
stant. 
This species reaches the same size as S. pinniger, and is brought with 
it to the San Francisco market, but in much less abundance. 
In the description already published by us of Sebustichthys proriger 
the specimen measured as “8. pinniger” belongs to the present species. 
