Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1777 



pp'. Gill rakers higher than wide. 



q 1 . Highest dorsal spine notably more than & length of head. 



V. Head and upper parts not speckled with orange; membrane of 



spinous dorsal not very deeply incised. 

 s'. Color dark brown, varied with light brown; dorsal spines 

 moderate. CAUBINUS, 2224. 



ss' Color reddish, varied with yellowish ; dorsal spines ex- 

 tremely high. VEXILLARIS, 2225. 

 rr'. Head and upper parts everywhere speckled with orange ; front 

 of back yellowish; soft fins black; dorsal spines extremely 

 high, their membranes deeply incised. MALIGER, 2226. 

 qq 1 . Highest dorsal spine little, if any, more than the length of head. 

 V. Pale blotches on sides not forming a continuous lateral band- 



parietal ridges moderate. 



u'. Pale markings brick red, dark markings blackish ; dorsal 

 membrane very deeply incised. GILBERTI, 2227. 



uu 1 . Pale markings flesh color; dark markings olivaceous. 



CARNATUS, 2228. 



uuu 1 . Pale markings yellow; dark markings blackish. 



CHRYSOMELAS, 2229. 



U 1 . Pale blotches on sides forming a continuous lateral band; 

 body and fins profusely speckled with pale; dark mark- 

 ings black; pale markings yellow; parietal ridges very 

 strong. NEBULOSUS, 2230. 



SBBASTIQHTIIYS (Sebaste*; l\0v<;, fish) : 



nn 1 . Nuchal spines present, sometimes coalescent with parietals; cranial ridges 

 high, arranged nearly in a right line on each side of the narrow top of 

 head ; body with black cross bars, some red, at least on head. 

 v'. Cranial ridges with their edges entire; color olivaceous, with black 

 cross bands, the red chiefly confined to the jaws. SERRICEPS, 2231. 

 vv f . Cranial ridges with the surface broken, spinous ; frontal ridges 

 elevated; color bright red, with black bands overlaid by red. 



NIGROCINCTUS, 2232. 



Subgenus EMM EL AS, Jordan & Evermann. 



2177. SEBASTODES GLAUCUS (Hilgendorf). 



Head 3| in length; depth 2f ; eye 4f in head, 1 in snout; interorbital 

 width 3| in head. D. XIV, 16; A. Ill, 8. Lateral line with 56 pores. 

 Highest dorsal spine 2 in head, thirteenth spine 4f, fourteenth spine 3f ; 

 second anal spine 3|, third anal spine 3^, longest soft ray of dorsal !&. 

 Crown and occiput very broad, more convexly arched than in any other 

 species known to us. Nasal spines low, but strong. Ocular ridge low, 

 evident only above front of eye; occipital ridges barely evident, evenly 

 scaled over; top of head otherwise without spines, ridges, or furrows, 

 the even convex curve unbroken. Vertical distance from middle of inter- 

 orbital space to upper edge of orbit equalling vertical diameter of 

 orbit. Anterior margin of preorbital with 2 rounded lobes which do 

 not bear spmous points; preopercular spines very strong, the upper 2 

 closely approximate, the others widely separated, all the spines sharp 

 pointed, the uppermost very wide at base, the second much narrower, 

 the others short and wide; upper 2 spines directed backward, the 3 

 lower downward and backward; opercular spines strong, flat, often bifid 



