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Seales moderate, in 58 transverse series, the small accessory scales 
very numerous. 
Ground-color bright clear rose-red, without any trace of purplish. 
_ Region above the lateral line with much deep green, in the form of 
reticulating streaks. Below the lateral line the green gives place to 
bright golden yellow, which is similarly mixed with the red. Top of 
head with cross-bands of green and red, green streaks radiating from 
the eye, one to snout, one along maxillary, three across cheeks and 
opercles, and one across temporal region. 
Four bright pale pink spots on the sides of the back, arranged as in 
rosaceus, constellatus, and chlorostictus ; the color brighter than in these 
species, and entirely devoid of the purplish ring which is found in 
rosaceus ; one spot is under the fourth dorsal spine, one near the lateral 
line under eighth dorsal spine, one under junction of spinous and soft 
rays, and one under the last soft ray. The first and third of these spots 
are each surrounded by a distinct ring of green. Another pink spot on 
the tip of the opercle. A distinct pale area behind eye. Dorsal with 
the rays red and the membranes olive-green. Caudal and anal with the 
rays red and the membranes golden. Pectorals red, dashed with olive. 
Ventrals red. Under parts of head and the inside of the mouth pale 
red, unspotted. 
In S. rosaceus the red on head above, and around the pink spots on 
the sides, is distinctly purple-red. The yellow or olive on the back and 
sides blends with the red instead of forming distinct reticulations, and 
- there is little if any green on the back or fins. The lateral line is clear 
red, usually not crossed by the olive marks. 
Sebastichthys rhodochloris occurs in abundance in the deep waters of 
the Bay of Monterey. It is a small fish, like S. rosaceus, and rarely 
reaches a weight of more than a pound. It is known to the fishermen 
of Monterey by the name of “Fly-fish,” S. rosaceus being called 
“ Corsair.” 
One fisherman who procured a number of them for us, on being told 
that his “‘ Fly-fish” was very much like the “Corsair,” summed up the 
relationships of the two as follows: ‘You bet it is like it, but it is a 
different kind of fish.” 
The following species of “rock-fish” were obtained by us in Monte- 
rey Bay. The names used by the fishermen of Monterey are appended. 
Most of these are evidently names in use for other species at the 
Azores, transferred to species of Californian waters: 
PeAMCISPUINIS 2.7) 2s. 5 os cae 22 - Meron, Tom-cod, Jack-fish. 
. LEA TICE ORS etass ae Yellow-tail. 
SIO eee 
Penticlamops...-22-.-.+.------ Pesce Pretre (Priest-fish, from its color). 
Becnbomelas .5.....2.-..----- Buda. 
RON MS ee 2 on on aie on aes Vinva (Widow). 
Proc. Nat. Mus. 80-——10 July 2, i880. 
