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top and sides of head very small, present on maxillary, mandible, pre- 
orbital, and snout. 
Seales on body small, in about 65 transverse series. 
Gill-rakers numerous, long and slender, their length about half the 
diameter of the eye. 
Dorsal spines very low and slender, the fin moderately emarginate, 
the membrane joining the last spine at about two-fifths its height. Soft 
dorsal long and low, the soft rays about as high as the highest spines, 
a little more than one-third the length of the head. Caudal forked. 
Anal low, its second spine stronger than third, but scarcely higher, less 
than two-thirds the height of the first soft ray. Pectoral fins moderate, 
not: reaching vent, their tips beyond tips of ventrals, their base 3$ in 
length of head. | 
Fin rays: D. XIII, 15; A. IIT, 8. 
Color rather dull olive-green. Sides with obscure round rusty spots. 
Belly, lips, and lower parts tinged with creamy. Obscure light and 
dark shades across cheeks. Traces of two or three obscure dark verti- 
cal bars. Dorsal dusky, with reddish shades. Caudal dusky, the rays 
olive. Other fins dusky, with creamy reddish at base. Lower half of 
pectoral distinctly reddish. 
Peritoneum jet-black. 
This species is known to us from five specimens taken in deep water 
outside of Monterey Bay, in company with S. ovalis, rubrivinctus, elon- 
gatus, ete. It is known to the Portuguese fishermen as ‘“ Buda.” Its 
relations are probably most intimate with ovalis, which differs in the 
following respects: 
Ovalis is much deeper and more oval in form, with the back consider- 
ably more elevated, and the profile much more steep, the lower jaw 
more protruding. The mouth reaches to the posterior edge of the 
pupil. The preocular ridge is very strong, forming a large triangular 
protuberance ending in a spine; small supraocular, postocular, tympa- 
nic, and occipital spines are present, the tympanic spine very minute, 
but constant. The dorsal fin is very low, the notch between the spinous 
and soft parts extremely shallow, the membrane joining the last spine at 
more than two-thirds its height, the height of the spinous and soft por- 
tions about equal. The second anal spine is considerably the longest and 
strongest, scarcely lower than the soft rays. The pectoral fins are long, 
reaching to the vent. 
Anal rays, III, 7, or II, 8. 
The color of this species when adult is olivaceous, strongly tinged 
with pale creamy red, especially below. The membrane of both dorsals 
are covered with many small round black spots. Some of these are 
usually present on the body. The upper fifs are greenish, the lower 
more yellowish, and most of them are more or less dusky-edged. Cau- 
dal fin rather dark. 
Peritoneum black. 
