1884. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 401 



Sehaatodes proriger, Jordan and C4ilbert, Syn. Fish. N. Am., pp. 661 & 950, 1883 

 (Coast of California) — Eigenmaxx and Eigenmann, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 

 1892, p. 355 (Monterey and San Francisco). 



Habitat. — Monterey to San Francisco. 



The specimen recorded by us as Sebastodes proriger from San Diego 

 is Acufoment'iim macdonaldi. 



6. PTP:R0P()DUS BKEVISPINIS (Bean). 



Sebastichihiis ^woriijer hrevispbiis, Bean, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mns., vi, 1883, p. 359, 



(Hassler Harbor). 

 Sebastichthys l)revisp'mi», Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., p. 107, 1885 (Alaska). 

 Sebastodes proriger, Jordax and Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. Am., p. 950. 1883 (Alaska). 

 Habitat. — Alaska. 

 This species replaces ^rori^er in Northern waters. 



7. PTEROPODUS ZACENTKUS (Gilbert). 



Sebastichthys zacentrus, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., xiii, 1890, p. 77 (1891), 



(Santa Barbara). 

 Sebastodes zacentrus, Eigexmaxx and Eigexmanx. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 



355 (Santa Barbara). 

 Habitat. — Santa Barbara. 



This species is known only from the types. 



8. PTEROPODUS MALIGER (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Sebastichthys ynalioer, .Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. LI. S. Nat. Mns., 1880, iii, pp. 

 322 and 455 (1881), (Faralloues, Monterey Bay, Straits of Fuca). — Jordax and 

 JOUY, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mas., 1881, p. 7 (1882), (Puget Sonnd, Monterey, San 

 Francisco).— -Jordan and Gilbert, /. c, p. 58 (Monterey northward). — Beax', 

 /. c, pp. 2.52, 269, 271-472 (Sitka, Port McLanghlin, B. C.)— Bean, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mns., vi, 1883, p. 360 ri884), (Safety Cove, B. C.~).— Jordan Cat. 

 Fish. N. Am., p. 108, 1885. 



Sebastodes maliger, Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fisb. N. Aul, p. 673, 1883 (Mont- 

 erey to Sitka). — Eigexmanx and Eigexmanx, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 

 355 (Monterey, San Francisco, Pnget Sonnd, Alaska). 

 Habitat. — Monterey to Alaska. 



Tliis, one of the prettiest of the Seorp;enid;e, is not rare at San Fran- 

 cisco. The specimens examined are from that place. 



9. PTEROPODUS DALLII (Eigeniuann and Beesou). 

 Pie»-oj)OfZ((.sfZ«///(,EiGEXM.\xxand Beeson, Amer. Nat., 1894, p. 66 (San Francisco). 



The single specimen of this species known is 200 mm. long. It belongs 

 to the Indiana University and was probably collected by Mr. W. Gr. W. 

 Harford, of the University of California. It is labeled S. auriculatus, 

 var., and in general appearance it resembles that species. The sculp- 

 turing of the skull and absence of coronal spines separate it distinctly 

 from Ancfospina. In coloration it seems to approach F. saxicola, but 

 it differs from that species in the naked snout and mandible, in the 

 grooved interorbital, etc. In its gill-rakers, white peritoneum, grooved 

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