76 NEW FISHES FROM PACIFIC COAST CxILBERT. 



34. Sebasticlithys alutus sp. uov. 



Diagnosis : Scales small, ctenoid ; fifty tubes in lateral line. Crests 

 evident but low; nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic 

 and occipital spines present. Peritoneum black, buccal and gill cavi- 

 ties white. Second anal spine enlarged. 



Specific description: Depth 3^ in length; head 3|. Caudal peduncle 

 one-fourth the depth. Maxillary extending to middle of pupil, 2^ in 

 head. Teeth in very narrow bands in jaws, and on vomer aud palatines. 

 Preorbital very narrow^ anteriorly lobate, but without distinct spines. 

 Eye 34 in head. Interorbital space broad and flat, the supraocular 

 ridges scarcely elevated ; interorbitalwidth 1 J in orbit. Eidges all low, 

 and with distinct but not prominent spines. Spines on preopercle all 

 broadly triangular, directed backwards, those on horizontal limb larger 

 than usual. Two spines on shoulder and two on opercle. 



Gill rakers long and very slender, the longest one-half orbit ; twenty- 

 six on anterior limb. 



Scales small, rough, those above lateral line much smaller than others, 

 and irregularly disposed. Those on breast, snout, maxillary, and man- 

 dible smooth. 



Fins low, the dorsal little elevated, and the notch shallow, the longest 

 spine 2f in head, the twelfth If in longest. Soft rays also low. Caudal 

 slightly emarginate, 1| in head. Second anal spine enlarged, much 

 longer and stronger than third, as long as soft rays, but not nearly 

 reaching their tips in reflexed fin, 2.^ in head. Ventrals reaching vent, 

 aud pectorals slightly beyond, the latter without procurrent base or 

 thickened rays. 



D. XIII, 15 ; A. Ill, 8. Lat. 1. 50 (tubes). 



Color : Dusky above, with faint traces of darker blotches along back. 

 A dark blotch on opercle, one on subopercle, and one on upper half of 

 axil. Top of head, including membrane of premaxillary, dusky. Spi- 

 nous dorsal with a distinct dark terminal band ; the other fins, except 

 pectorals, margined with blackish. Peritoneum black ; mouth cavity 

 white. 



A single specimen, about 6 inches long, from Station 2946, in 150 

 fathoms. 



35. Sebastichthys rupestris sp. nov. 



Diagnosis : Scales large, ctenoid. Cranial ridges well developed, 

 sharp, the postocular and tym2)anic both present. Peritoneum black. 

 Buccal and gill cavities white or slightly dusky. Second anal spine 

 stronger than third. 



Specific description: Depth 2| to 3 in length; head 2^. Maxillary 

 reaching beyond middle of pupil, 2J in head. Jaws equal, the tip of 

 the lower scarcely projecting. Teeth in very narrow bands in jaws and 

 on vomer and jjalatines. Preorbital very narrow, its least width less 

 than one-fourth pupil, lobate and without spines. Eye 2| in head, 



