1894. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 405 



Sotiud) — Beax, J. c, p. 26.3 (VaucouV?!- Islnnd)— Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. 



Am., p. 108, 1885 (Califoruia). 

 Sebastodes auriculaius, Jordan autl Gilbkrt, Syn. Fishes N. Am., p. 670, 1882 



(Vancouvers to Cerros Island) — Eigenmann and EiGenmanx, Pioc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., XV, p. 1892, 167 (1893) (San Diego) ; id., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xv, 



1892, p. 167 (1893) (San Diego); id., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1892, p. 3.55 (San 



Diego, Santa Jiarbara, Port Harford, Monterey, San Francisco, Columbia 



River, Puget Sound). 

 Sebastes 1-iibervav. 2}arvus, A.YRE!^, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1854, p. 7 (San Francisco). 

 Hahitat. — San Diego to Puget Sound, in shallow water. Cerros Island. 



The specimens examined are from San Diego, Monterey, and San 

 Francisco. 



•XI. Genus SEBASTOPSIS, CiiU. 



Sebastopais, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1862, p. 278 (pohjlepis), 1833, p. 

 207, Sauvage Nouv. Arch. Mus. (2), 1 p. — Ann. Sci. Nat. (5), xvii, art. 5, 

 1875 {minutus). 

 Type. — Sebasfcs 7ninaius,CvyiKH and Valenciennes = Sebastes 2)oIijIepis,BiA!:.EKKR. 



1. SEBASTOPSIS XYRIS, Jordan and Gilbert. 



Sebastopsis xyrls, Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, p. 369 (1883) 

 (Cape San Lucas)— Jordan, Proc. II. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, p. 387 (1886) 

 (name). 

 Head, 2A ; depth, 34; D. XIII, 10; A. Ill, 5; lat. 1., 24 (pores). Mouth large, 

 oblique, the maxillary extending to beyond pupil, its length If in head. Jaws 

 naked. Preorbital narrow, its edge lobate, not spinous. Eye about 3^ in head. 

 Cranial ridges very short, sharp, and high. Interorbital space narrow, very deeply 

 concave, with two longitudinal ridges. Preocular, supraocular, postocular, tym- 

 panic, parietal, nuchal, and coronal spines present. Suborbital stay forming a 

 sharp elevated ridgo, with a sharp spine near its front, under the eye, and another 

 near its junction Avith the pi'eopercle. Gill rakers very short. Dorsal fin deeply 

 notched, the longest 2| in head. Second anal spine much longer than third. Verti- 

 cal fins with bauds and blotches of dark brown ; a large dark blotch on last dorsal 

 spines. (Jordan and Gilbert.) 



HISTORICAL LIST OF SPECIES AND THEIR PRESENT EQUIVALENTS. 



1810. Epinepliehis cUiatun, Tiles=.S'e6«s/osom»s ciliatus. 



1811. Perca veriabilis, Pa]lafi=^Sebastosomus cUiatus. 

 1845. Sebastes cauriniis, \Uchi\Tdson=Ptero2)odu8 caurmus. 

 1854. Sebastes auriculaius, Givuvd^J uctospina awiculatus. 

 1854. Sebastes welanops, G\Tavd^=Sehast(j8omus melauops. 

 1854. Sebastes rosaceus, Girard^^Sebastomus rosaceus. 

 1854. Sebastes fasciatus, GiTavd^=Pteropodiis nebidosus. 

 1854. Sebastes nebulosus, Ajres^Pterajwdus nebulosus. 

 1854. Sebastes ruber, Ayres:=*S'e^«s/or«»s ruber. 



1854. Sebastes paucispinis, Aytes^Sebastodes paudspinis. 

 1854. Sebastes parvus, AyTes^Auctospina auriculafus. 

 1859. Sebastes n'lgrocinctus, Ajves=Sebastichthys nigrocinctus. 

 1859. Sebastes helvomaculatus, Ajres^^Sebastomus rosaceus. 

 1862. Sebastodes jiavidus, AyTes=Sebastosomus flavidus, 

 1862. Sebastodes oralis, Ay res^^ A cutomentum oralis. 

 1864. Sebastosomus jnnnif/er, Gill^Sebastomns pinnifier. 

 1864. Sebastosomus simulans, G\\\= Sebastosomus meltnops. 



