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est ray about equal to the highest spine. Caudal emar- 

 ginate. Anal spines graduated, the second equal to the 

 highest dorsal spine. 



Rufous, variously marked with brown. Lateral line 

 rufous. Upper angle of opercle, a line from eye down- 

 ward and backward to upper half of pectoral, another 

 parallel to it from upper angle of maxillary backward, and 

 tip of jaws dark brown; these markings conspicuous; 

 head otherwise rufous. Axil black. Margin of spinous 

 dorsal and greater part of membranes of soft dorsal black. 

 Base of dorsals rufous, spotted with darker. Caudal 

 dusky. Membranes of the remaining tins chiefly black, 

 the rays rufous. Peritoneum jet black. 



13. Sebastodes proriger Jordan & Gilbert. 



Five specimens of this species were brought into the 

 San Diego markets November 14, 1889. They were said 

 to have come from a depth of 100 fathoms, where they 

 were associated with large specimens of rufus. inelanosto- 

 iniis and eos. 



Description of a specimen .60 m. long. 



Head 3 in the total length; depth 3^4 ; D. XIII, 131^ ; 

 A. Ill, 7>4. 



Elongate. Head pointed, the lower jaw projecting. 

 Maxillary reaching to below posterior margin of eye, 2 in 

 head. Interorbital slightly convex, without ridges. Cra- 

 nial ridges low, obscure, but all terminating in sharp 

 spines; pre-, supra- and postocular, tympanic and occi- 

 pital spines present. Eye small; orbit i\ in snout, 43/j; in 

 head, \yi in interorbital. Preorbital 5 of an orbital diam- 

 eter, with 3 retrorse spines below, the posterior the small- 

 est; a retrorse spine just below the orbit. Opercular 

 spines simple and strong. 



Mandible, maxillaries, suborbitals and entire snout 



