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orbital space moderate, less than the diameter of the eye, flattish, with 
two low ridges ; spines of head little divergent backwards. 
Gill-rakers very short, wide, compressed, the longest as wide as high, 
the shortest much ae and not free, all strongly toothed on anton 
margin and side; the number about = only 6 to 9 of them being moy- 
able. 
Scales on body large, the accessory scales almost wanting; about 45 
transverse series, and’ about 50 in the course of the lateral line. 
Dorsal spines low, the fifth highest, about two-fifths the length of the 
head; the last spines not much shortened; the fin comparatively little 
emarginate; soft rays considerably higher than the spines. Caudal fin 
slightly rounded. Anal fin short and high, its spines low, the second as 
high as the third and much stouter. Pectorals rather short, reaching 
vent, their base extremely broad, its width greater than the length of the 
eye and about one-third the length of the head; the lower rays much 
thickened. Ventrals moderate, not quite reaching the tips of the pecto- 
rals. 
Deel. 15;, A. TIT, 6. 
Color blackish green, with paler mottlings, the sides spotted with 
darker; belly pale greenish, often many scales on the side, each with a 
darker spot; paired fins dark, often tinged with reddish; other fins 
chiefly olivaceous, mottled with darker; anal fin often spotted with 
black. The brightness of the olive and greenish shades is quite vari- 
able, but the species is always without bands or distinct markings and 
without distinct red. 
This species is extremely abundant from Point Concepcion to Santa 
Catalina Island, and large numbers come into the San Francisco market. 
It may be now at once from all the others by the small gill-rakers 
(“‘rastra”) and by the breadth of its pectoral fins. It grows to the 
length of about 15 inches. 
S. rastrelliger is intermediate, in regard to the development of the 
spines, between the groups termed Sebastomus and Sebastosomus by Pro- 
fessor Gill. Its relations with S. nebulosus are most intimate, and it 
forms the base of a series ascending in degree of roughness of head, ter- 
minating in the extreme of S. nigrocinctus. 
SEBASTICHTHYS FASCIOLARIS Lockington, nom. sp. nov. 
(Sebastes fasciatus Girard, not of Storer.) 
The form described and figured by Girard as Sebastes fasciatus is, in 
our opinion, specifically distinct from Sebastes nebulosus of Ayres, with 
which it has usually been identified. 
The name fasciatus is preoccupied in this group. We have therefore 
adopted the above name, proposed by Mr. Lockington in MSS. 
Sebastichthys fasciolaris is very closely related to 8. nebulosus. It is 
rather stouter, and the slope of the profile is steeper. The ridges on 
