1894. PROCEEBINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 387 



tine band of teeth of nearly nniform width. Olivaceous, yellowish on sides, 

 lighter below. Sides with rusty si)ots usually near the tips of scales. Base 

 of spinous dorsal sometimes sjiotted. Second dorsal, caudal, and aualbright 

 orange, margined with black. An orange streak down and back from eye, 

 a broader one back from eye, a narrow one on maxillary. Pectorals and 

 veutrals (u-ange or brassy, blackish tii)ped. Head ,3 ; depth about 3 ; D. XIII, 



IIA; A. Ill, 8i FLAVIDUS, 1. 



cc. Eye smaller, 1^ in snout, 1^—1' in iuterorbital, 4,V in head. Tips of nasal 

 spines concealed. Highest dorsal spine 2*-3 in the head. Band of palatine, 

 teeth visually much narrower at the middle than at the ends. Gray, darker 

 above, with a series of large light sjiots on the back. Fins colored like the 

 body, the second dorsal, the caudal, and anal yellowish. Head 3; depth 



3i-3i. D. XIII, 15i ; A. Ill, 9i skruanoides, 2. 



hh. Snout blunt, lower jaw scarcely projecting. Anal rounded. Eye slightly 

 more than 4 in the head. Highest dorsal spine 2A-3 in head. Pectorals 

 rounded, not reaching tips of vcntrals. Dark gray, with small darker spots. 

 Black spots on base of spinous dorsal. Head 3; depth 3-3^; D. XIII, 13^^; 



A. Ill, 7i-8i MELAX( .PS, 3. 



aa. Peritoneum black. Mouth snmller than in mel(niop>i, the maxillary reaching to 

 below posterior margin of pupil; lower jaw somewhat projecting but with- 

 out prominent knob at the symphysis; preorbital narrow without spine; 

 lower jaw fully scaled; highest dorsal spine a little less than half head. 

 Gill rakers numerous, very long and slender, nearly as long as the eye. 

 Head 3^; depth 3^ ; D. XIII, 15^; A. Ill, 8i. Blackish green, the sides rather 

 pale, much mixed with darker; fins dusky, the upper mottled; dark shades 

 from eye backwai-d. (.(ordan and Gill)ert) ciliatus, 4. 



1. SEBASTOSOMUS FLAVIDUS (Ay res). 



Sebastodcs ftavidus, Ayers, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., p. 209, fig. 64, 1862. — Locking- 

 ton, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., vii, p. 81, 1876 (San Francisco). — Jordan and Gil- 

 bert, Syn. Fish. X. Am., p. 657, 1882 (coast of California).— Ekienmann and 

 EiGENMAXN, Notes San Diego Biol. Lab., i, p. 5, 1889, in part (San Diego) ; id., 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., iii, p. 36, 1890 (San Diego) ; id., Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1892, p. 163 (San Diego); id., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 354 (San 

 Diego, Cortes Bank, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Francisco). 



Sehastichthi/s flavidus, Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 455 

 (San Francisco, Monterey, San Pedro, Sau Diego). — Jordon and JouY, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, p. 8 (Monterey, and Sau Francisco). — Jordan 

 and Gilbert, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 1881, p. .55 (San Diego to Cape Mendo- 

 cino, Monterey). — Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., p. 107 (California). 



Habitat. — San Diego to Puget Sound. 



2. SEBASTOSOMUS SERRANOIDES (Eigenmann and Eigenmann). 



Sebastodes flavidtts, Eigenmann and Eigenmann, Notes San Diego Biol. Lab., i, 



p. 5, 1889 (San Diego), in part [not flavidtts of Ayres] ; id., Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 1892. p. 163 (San Diego); id., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 354 (San 



Diego). 



Sebastodes serranoides, Eigenmann and Eigenmann, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d 



ser., Ill, p. 35, 1890 (Sau Diego); id., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1892, p. 163 (San 



Diego); id., Ann. N.Y.Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 354 (San Diego, Cortes Bank, ]\[onterey, 



San Francisco). 



Habitat. — San Diego to San Francisco, in rather shallow water. 



The specimens examined are from Sau Diego and San Francisco. 



