1894. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 389 



elongafiis. In tlici weak cranial armature it closely approaclios Sehas- 

 tonomus flavulus, etc. 



ANALYSIS OF TIIK SPECIES OF SEHASTODKS. 



n. Preopercular spines radiatini;', the two lowest directeil downward. Head heavy, 

 broad, the lower Jaw not j^reatly projecting'. Posterior angle of mandible 

 below middle of orbit. Clear vermilion, no blaek any wh(U'<! ; fins vermilion, 

 membranes of dorsal dusky. A. Ill, 8; tubes in lateral line 54 goodei, 7. 



aa. Preopercular spines all directed caudad, the two lower ones remote from the rest 

 and much smaller. Head long, pointed, the lower jaw much projecting. Pos- 

 terior angle of nuindible behind the orbit orange red, darker above, many 

 irregular dark blotches and dots; young olivaceous. A. Ill, 9; tubes in lateral 

 line 65-80, scales 90-100 I'AUcisriNis, 2. 



1. SEHASTOUE.S UOODEI, Kigenmann and Eigenniann. 



Sehasfodes fjoodei, Eigenmann and Eigexmanx, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., I'd scr., in, 

 p. 12, 1890 (San Diego), p. 36 (San Francisco) ; id., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xv, 

 1892, p. 163 (1893) (Sau Diego); id., Ann., N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 354 (8au 

 Diego, Monterey, San Francisco). 



Sebastirhtlijis (joodei, r4iLi5ERT, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.. xii, 1890, p. 75 (1891) (Coast 

 of California, south of Point Conception). 



Haiutat. — San Diego to San Francisco. Locally abundant. 



2. SEBASTODES PAUCISPINIS (Ay res). 



Sehastes pam'Aspiuis, Aykes, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., i, p. 6, 1854 (San Francisco). — 

 Girard, U. S. Pac. K. \l. Surv., vi, p. 15, pi. xxiia, figs, 1-4, 1855 (San Fran- 

 cisco); op. cit., X, p. 83, pi. xiirt, figs. 1-4, 1858.— Gi'XTiiER, Cat. Fish. Brit. 

 Mus., 11, p. 98, 1860. 



SebaniodeH paacisphiis, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phihi., 1861, ]>. 165. — Ayres, 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1862, p. 215.— Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila.,1862, p. 

 278 (California).— Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 455 

 (1881) (Sau Francisco, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San 

 Pedro).— Jordan and Jouy, Proc. U. S. Nnt. Mus., iv, 1881, p. 8 (1882) (Santa 

 Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco). — Jordan and Gilbert, I.e., ji. 55 (from 

 San Francisco to the Sauta Barbara Islands). — Bean, I.e., p. 472 (Port 

 McLaughlin, Brit. Columbia). — Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. Am., p. 

 656, 1883 (Coa.stof California).— Jordax, Cat. Iish.N. Am., p. 107, 1885.— 

 EiGEX.MANX and Eigexmaxn Note, Sau Diego Biol. Lab., i, p. 5, 1889 (Cortes 

 Bank); id., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xv, 1892, p. 163 (1893) (Cortes Bank, Sau 

 Diego) ; id., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 354 (Sau Diego, Cortes Bank, Sau 

 Pedro, Santa Barbara, Port Harford, Monterey, Sau Francisco). 



Habitat. — San Diego to British Columbia. Abundant. 



VII. GENUS ALLIED TO SEBASTOMUS. 



Perca variabilis, Pallas, Zoogr. Ros.so. Asiat., in, p. 241, 1811 (in part). 

 Sehastes matznbarw, Hilgendorf, Sitzber. Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde 



Berlin 1880, p. 170. 

 Sebastodes matzubara, Jordan, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Pliila., 1883, 291. 

 Habitat. —Aleutian Islands. 



This species is k'.iowii to us from descriptions only. It seems to 

 form tlie type of a genus related to Sebastomus, but we leave tbe 



