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33. Sebastichthys [goodei* Eigeumann] sp. nov. 



Diagnosis : Scales small cteuoid. Grauial ridges and spines mostly 

 obsolete. Lower jaw projecting. Anal spines graduated. Body slen- 

 der. Sides with red. 



Body very slender, with narrow caudal peduncle, sharp snout, and 

 much projecting lower jaw ; the latter well entering profile and furnished 

 with symphyseal knob. Maxillary reaching slightly beyond middle of 

 orbit, 2^- in head. Eye moderate, slightly longer than snout, 3f in head. 

 Preorbital narrow, its least width two-fifths pupil, with a minute spine 

 or none. Kasal spine obsolete. 



Interorbital space wide, flat, without conspicuous ridges. Preocular 

 and supraocular spines obsolete. Occasionally a minute tympanic or 

 occipital si)iMe present, the top of head otherwise smooth. Interorbital 

 width 4J: in head. Preorbital region not prominent. All but the occi- 

 pital ridges obsolete and scaled over. 



Preopercular spines flat, sharp, all directed backward, the second 

 and third equal, the others shorter. Opercular and suprascapular 

 spines well developed. 



Gill rakers long and slender, about twenty-five on anterior limb of 

 arch, the longest half length of orbit. 



Dorsal spines low and slender, the longest about 2| in head, the 

 twelfth half height of thirteenth, the latter about half the height of 

 soft rays, which are lower than the spines. Caudal forked for one-third 

 its length. 



Anal very small, the spines short but strong, graduated, the second 

 stronger and slightly shorter than third, its length half orbit. Soft 

 anal rays low, their height one-fourth head. Pectoral not reaching 

 vent, 1| in head, projecting beyond tips of ventrals. 



Head 2^ in length; depth 3|. Least depth of caudal peduncle less 

 than diameter of orbit. D. XII, I, 14. A. Ill, 8. Lat. I. 55 (pores); 

 about ninety transverse series above lat. I. L. 12 inches. 



Scales rough-ctenoid, completely investing head and body, including 

 maxillaries, mandible^ and outer branchiostegal rays. 



Color: Dusky-olivaceous above, silvery on sides and below, more or 

 less flushed with red. Spinous dorsal somewhat dusky, vertical fins 

 otherwise yellowish, without distinctive markings. Lining of month 

 and gill cavity white. Peritoneum white, with small scattered black 

 stellate spots, and more or less clouded with minute specks. 



Three specimens from Station 2949, in 155 fathoms. 



' In a paper by Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann, received as these sheets are passing through 

 the press, this species is described under the name of Sebasfodes goodei. The name 

 proposed by Dr. Gilbert is therefore withdrawn. [Ed.] 



