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some time. As the different rock-cod boats have found 

 new conditions, even within a few hundred yards of their 

 usual fishing grounds, they invariably have brought nov- 

 elties. Thus, on one day, 5. prorigcr, nifns, cos and ine- 

 lanostonnis, the first one "rare," the others new, were all 

 brought by one boat which had accidentally found new 

 conditions. ^\ incla)iostoiinis has not since been found, 

 proriger has been caught but once, while eos and inifiis 

 have occasionally been found since. ^. ruber and levis 

 are frequent!}^ associated, while nibrovinctns, clougatiis, 

 chlorostictus, constcllatus, rosacciis, vcxiliaris, cIirysoDiclas 

 and scrriccps form another group. 



II. Sebastodes goodei sp. nov. 



Closely related to S. flavidus and ^". paiicispinis. Locally 

 abundant off Point Loma. Many were brought into the 

 market January lo, 1890, with a species of Eopsetta. 

 Others were caught the 29th. The largest seen 22 

 inches long. C. H. E. collector. 



Catalogue No. 1056. 



D. XIII, 14; A. Ill, 8; head 2^-3; depth, 3^-3^; 

 lat. 1. 54 (pores). 



Elongate slender, form of fiavidiis^ proriger, and elon- 

 gatiis. Head pointed, the mandible projecting and enter- 

 ing the profile as in flavidus. Skull as in pmtcispinis, the 

 occipital ridges ending in spines, the parietals not meet- 

 ing above the supra-occipital as they do in flavidus; no 

 other cranial spines evident. Mouth large, maxillary 

 reaching to anterior margin of pupil (posterior margin of 

 orbit vsx paucispinis) ; 2^ in head (i^ \n paucispinis). 



Orbit little longer than snout (13^ in snout in paucispi- 

 nis of same size) 4-4/^ in head, equal to the interocular, 

 little greater than the interorbital. Preorbital narrow, 7 of 

 orbit, with 2 or 3 spines, the posterior one or two directed 

 backward. 



