

1798 Bulletin 4.7, United States National Museum. 



process of basisphenoid rudimentary, sometimes fairly well developed, 

 mesethmoid processes compressed, slightly elevated; base of skull (para- 

 sphenoid) strongly curved. Body oblong, not tapering rapidly backward ; 

 head moderate, rather pointed; mouth moderate, the lower jaw somewhat 

 projecting, the maxillary extending to beyond posterior border of pupil, 

 its length 2 in head; premaxillary below pupil; eye large, 3 in head; 

 nasal spines prominent; preorbital very narrow, with 2 stout spines; pre- 

 opercular spines short, rather sharp, the second longer and slenderer than 

 the others; opercular and suprascapular spines sharp; interorbital space 

 widened backward, its width less than that of the eye and more than the 

 length of the parietal ridge ; gill rakers slender, not very long, the longest 

 diameter of eye; preorbital scaly; maxillary partly scaly; mandible 

 with some smooth scales; scales large, regularly arranged. Dorsal fin 

 rather deeply emarginate, the spines moderate, the fifth | length of head 

 and lower than soft rays; caudal truncate; anal fin short and high, its 

 spines slender, the second shorter than third, and not much stronger, about 

 1\ in head ; longest soft rays \\ in head ; pectorals long and narrow, reach- 

 ing past vent nearly to beginning of anal, their length $ that of head, 

 their base narrow; ventrals long, reaching just past. vent. Olive green, 

 marbled with darker, sometimes brownish; belly pale yellowish green; 

 fins olivaceous, no red anywhere. Length 15 inches. Coast of California, 

 San Diego to San Francisco; generally abundant, especially southward. 

 (ater, black; virens, green.) 



Sebastichthys atrovirens, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 289, Monterey. 



(Coll. Jordan & Gilbert.) 

 Sebastodes atrovirens, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 662, 1883; CRAMER, Proc. Cal. Ac. 



Sci., series 2, v, 1895, 595, pi. 60, fig. 10. 



Subgenus EOSEBASTES, Jordan & Evermann. 

 2200. SEBASTODES SAXICOLA (Gilbert). 



Head 2| to 2f; depth 3 to 3. D. XIII, 12 or 13; A. Ill, 7; lateral line 

 with 45 pores ; eye large, 2| to 3 in head, much longer than snout or 

 interorbital width ; mouth large, maxillary reaching nearly to posterior 

 margin of pupil, 2 in head. Mandible laterally included, the tip strongly 

 projecting, with conspicuous symphyseal knob, which enters profile. The 

 least width of interorbital space about equaling snout, 5 in head; preor- 

 bital narrow, $ pupil, with 2 strong triangular lobes with spinous tips; 

 preopercular spines directed backward, or the lowest slightly oblique. Gill 

 rakers long and slender, the longest f orbit, constantly 10+22 or 23. The 

 second anal spine varies somewhat in length, always extending slightly 

 beyond tip of third anal spine when the fin is declined, usually not reach- 

 ing tips of soft anal rays, its length 2J to 2*- in that of head. Young 

 individuals with faint dark bars occupying usual position; a jet-black 

 blotch on middle of soft dorsal with a light streak below it separating it 

 ironi the back. Highest dorsal spine 2| in head, the spines moderately 

 strong, the membrane not deeply incised; height of soft rays about equal- 

 ing that of spines; caudal emarginate; second anal spine longer and 



