396 REVISION OF SEBASTINJi—EIGENMANN AND BEESON. vol. xvii. 



Sebastodes rnpes1ris, Eigenmann^ and Eigexmanx, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 

 355. 



Habitat. — Oft" sontberu California, in deep water. Known only lioni the col- 

 lections of the U. S. F. C. steamer Albatross. 



12. SEBASTOMUS EOS ( i: i g e n ni a n n and Eigenmann). 



Sebastodes cos, Eigenmaxx and Eigexmanx, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1890, 2d ser., 

 Ill, p. 18 (San Diego); t<?., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., xv, 1892, p. 165 (1893) (San 

 Diego) ; id., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1890, p. 3.')5 (San Diego). 



Habitat. — Off San Diego in deep Avater ; not rare. 



13. SEBASTOMUS CHLOROSTICTUS (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Sebasiichlhys chlorostictns, Jordax and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 

 294 (1881) (Monterey) ; and p. 455 (San Francisco and Monterey) ; op cit., 1881, 

 p. .57 (Monterey and Farallones).— Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., p. 108, 1885 

 (California).— Eigenmann and Eigexmanx, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xr, 1888, p. 

 465 (1889) (San Diego); id., Notes San Diego Biol. Lab., i, p. 7 (San Diego). 



Sebastodes chlorostictns, Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. Am., p. 668, 1882 (Mon- 

 terey and San Francisco). — Eigexm.\xn and Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., XV, 1892, p. 165 (1893) (San Diego); id., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1892, 

 p. 355 (San Diego, Cortes Bank, Port Harford, Monterey, San Francisco). 



Habitat. — San Diego to San Francisco ; abundant. 



14. SEBASTOMUS EUBER ( A y r e s ). 



Sebastes ruber, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1854, pp. 5, 7 (San Francisco); id., 

 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1855, p. 97; id., Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1862, p. 

 215.— LocKiNGTON, Cal. Acad. Sci., 1876, p. 79. 



Sebastichthys ruber, Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 455 

 (1881) (Puget Sound, San Francisco, Monterey, Santa Barbara). — Jordan and 

 JOUY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, p. 8 (1882) (Monterey, San Francisco, 

 Puget Sound). — Jordan and Gilbert, /. c, 1881, p. 57 (Santa Barbara north- 

 ward).— Bean, 1. c, 1881, p. 252 (Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco, 

 off Port Bingham, Jacob's Island, Gulf of Alaska) and pp. 269, 271, 472 

 (Alaska to or beyond San Francisco; Kygani St., Alaska). — Jordan, Cat. 

 Fishes N. Am., p. 108, 1885 (California).— Eigenmann and Eigenmann. 

 Notes San Diego Biol. Lab.,i, p. 6, and ii, p. 1, 1889 (San Diego). 



Sebastodes ruber, Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. Am., p. 665, 1882 (Pacific 

 Coast, Santa Barbara northward).— Eigenmann and Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., XV, 1892, p. 164 (1893) (San Diego); id., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 

 1892, p. 355 (San Diego, Cortes Bank, San Pedro, Monterey, San Francisco, 

 Alaska). 



Habitat.— San Diego to Alaska; abundant, and one of the largest species. 



IX. Genus PTERO POD US, Eigenmann and Bees on. 



Pteropodus, Eigenmaxx and Beeson, Amer. Nat., July, 1893 {viaJifjcr). 

 Type. — Sebaslichthys maliger, Jordax and Gilbert 



This genus is composed of a number of species showing consider- 

 able variations in the gill-rakers and in tlie cranial structure. The 

 gill-rakers are shortest in rastrelliger and longest and slenderest in 

 maliger. The cranial spines are lowest in rastrelliger and highest in 

 nebulosus. In the shaije of the body elongatus is closely related to saxi- 

 colla and proriger. The latter species are long and slender and have 



