Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1813 



but the spines, especially postocular and tympanic, strong; preocular 

 ridge but little conspicuous, the spine much smaller than in Sebastodcs 

 sincnsis and Sebastodcs zacentrus. Spines on shoulder little developed; 

 opercular spines rather weak; preopercular spines small, the 2 upper 

 directed backward, the others downward and backward. Dorsal fins 

 not deeply notched, the longest spine 3 in head, the twelfth its length ; 

 soft dorsal not high; caudal truncate; second anal spine longer and 

 stronger than third, as long as soft rays, but not reaching their tips when 

 the fin is declined, 2f in head ; pectorals short, l(j to 2 in head, reaching 

 beyond ventrals, but usually not to vent. Scales rough ctenoid; snout 

 naked or nearly so; scales on maxillary and mandible minute and smooth, 

 little evident, those on breast rough; fins invested in a thick membrane 

 covered with fine scales. Color as in Sebastodcs zacentrus, but usually 

 with 2 elongate black streaks below lateral line; a black blotch on middle 

 of ventrals; a bar at base of pectorals and in axil; peritoneum black; 

 buccal and gill cavities white or slightly dusky. Coast of California, in 

 deep water. A single specimen, 5 inches long, of this species was 

 obtained at Albatross Station, 3189 in 218 fathoms, and it is evidently 

 allied to the rosaceus group, but is without the pink spots. Below the 

 lateral line is a single black streak, which grows more intense opposite 

 the dark vertical bars. The interorbital space contains 2 low inconspicu- 

 ous ridges, its width is contained 2 times in diameter of eye. No spine 

 or ;i very weak one at lower angle of subopercle. Five specimens, the 

 longest 5 inches from the Santa Barbara Islands. (Gilbert.) (rupestris, 

 living about rocks.) 



Sebastichthys rupestris, GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 76. Santa Barbara Islands, 

 at Albatross Station 2946, Lat. 33 58' N., Long. 119 30' 45" W., in 150 fathoms. 

 (Type, No. 48241.) 



Subgenus HISPANISCUS, Cramer. 

 2217. SEBASTODES SINEJVSIS (Gilbert). 



Head 2|; depth 3. D. XIII, 12; A. Ill, 5; lateral line 40 to 45 (tubes); 

 eye very large, 2f to 3 in head ; snout 4f to 5 in head. Body short and 

 deep, heavy anteriorly, with slender caudal peduncle; mouth large, max- 

 illary reaching beyond pupil, 2^ in head, its greatest width less than -J- its 

 greatest length; jaws about equal, the lower mostly included within the 

 upper, but the tip fitting into a notch between intermaxillaries, and with 

 a somewhat projecting symphyseal knob; teeth present on vomer and in 

 a long slender patch on palatines; interorbital space rather narrow, con- 

 cave, wfth a pair of low ridges, its width 6 in head. Nasal spines pres- 

 ent; preocular spines strong, triangular, directed outward; supraocular 

 ridges low, but evident, diverging posteriorly, ending in strong spines ; tym- 

 panic and occipital spines also strong; upper 3 preopercular spines equal 

 in length, placed close, and usually nearly parallel, directed backward; 

 lower 2 small, directed downward and backward; 2 opercular, 2 supra- 

 scapular, and 2 or 3 strong preorbital spines present. Gill rakers slender, 

 the longest ^ orbit, 21 on anterior limb of outer arch. Spines rather high 

 and strong, the dorsal moderately notched, the highest spine 2 in head, 

 about equal to soft rays, the lowest nearly ^ its height; membranes not 



