78 NEW FISHES FROM PACIFIC COAST GILBERT. 



Spinous dorsal low, witli strong spines, the longest 2^ to 2^ in head. 

 Notch between dorsals rather shallow, the shortest spine more than one- 

 half the longest. Soft rays about equaling the spines. Caudal trun- 

 cate or slightly emarginate, 1§ in head. Second anal spine very long, 

 usually longer and stronger than third, curved, 1^ to 1| in head, reach- 

 ing to or beyond tips of soft rays in declined fin. Ventrals reaching 

 beyond vent. If iu head. Pectorals reaching nearly to front of anal, 

 1^ in head, the fin not procurrent, the lower half with greatly thickened 

 rays. 



D. Xrir, 14 or 15 ; A. Ill, 7 or 8. Tubes of lateral line about forty- 

 two; seventy vertical series above lateral line. 



Scales large, rough-ctenoid ; those on maxillary, mandible, and breast 

 smoother. 



Color: Five vaguely defined black bars on back; one downward from 

 nape and front of dorsal, two approximated under spinous dorsal, one 

 under middle of soft dorsal, and one on caudal peduncle. Those under 

 dorsal encroach more or less on the fin. All but the first are continued 

 below lateral line on middle of sides, the third interrupted above lateral 

 line. Two bhick streaks backwards from eye, the upper terminating iu 

 a conspicuous black blotch on opercle, the lower ending on subopercle. 

 Caudal unmarked or with an obscure dusky median blotch. Other fius 

 unmarked. A faint dusky axillary blotch. 



Sides marked with some red in life. 



Roof of mouth posteriorly dusky, buccal and branchial cavities other- 

 wise white. Peritoneum jet black. 



Three specimens 5.^ to 6^ inches long, from Stations 2893 and 2946, in 

 145 and 150 fathoms. 



37. Sebastichthys saxicola sp. no v. 



Diagnosis : Scales moderate. Pores in lateral line forty-five. Cranial 

 ridges low, postocular wanting. Peritoneum black, buccal and gill cav- 

 ities white. Second anal spine much enlarged. Gill-rakers long and 

 slender. Mandibular tip strongly projecting. 



Specific description : Depth, 3 to 3J in length ; head, 2f to 2§. D. 

 XIII, 12 or 13; A. Ill, 7. Lat. 1. 45 (pores). L., 12 inches. 



Mouth large, maxillary reaching nearly to posterior margin of pupil, 

 2^ in head. Mandible laterally included, the tip strongly projecting, 

 with conspicuous symphyseal knob, which enters profile. Eye large, 

 2f to 3J in head, much longer than snout, or interorbital width. Inter- 

 orbital space flat or slightly concave, without ridges, the supraocular 

 ridges little elevated, the least width about equaling snout, 5 in head. 

 Preorbital narrow, one-third pupil, with two strong triangular lobes 

 with spinous tips. 



Cranial ridges low but evident, the spines rather strong. Nasal, pre- 

 ocular, supraocular, tympanic, occipital and sometimes nuchal spines 

 present. The preocular ridge prominent, the spine i^rojecting above 



