1824 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



interruptions to axils of pectorals, and on to the base of the fin, and down- 

 ward and backward in a narrow broken band toward the vent ; another 

 band from below sixth and seventh dorsal spines downward and backward 

 nearly to origin of anal ; a third short one from below ninth and tenth 

 spines to lateral line; a broad one under soft dorsal extending below lat- 

 eral line and another across back of peduncle; all these dark areas extend 

 up on the dorsal fin, their outlines are not sharply defined, and they, as 

 well as the lighter areas of the body, are mottled with scattered and much 

 darker spots ; the lighter areas of the sides were in the fresh state a dull 

 brick red, becoming lighter below; dorsal membrane blackish between 

 first and third, and between fifth and eleventh spines; soft dorsal spotted, 

 with blackish anteriorly; membrane of caudal dusky, the dark much 

 broken into spots ; anal and ventrals dusky ; pectorals with a broad trans- 

 verse, dark, spotted band near base, and a transverse dusky area with 

 darker spots on distal half; fins in life probably more or less tinged 

 with the reddish color; peritoneum white. Coast of California, rare; 3 

 specimens from San Francisco market, 7|, 8J, and 81 inches long ; speci- 

 mens also taken at Monterey. (Named for Dr. Charles Henry Gilbert.) 



Selastodes gilberti, CRAMER, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, 241, with plate, San Francisco. (Coll. 

 Dr. Jordan.) 



.. 2228. SEBASTODES CARNATU8 (Jordan & Gilbert). 



(FLESH-COLORED KOCKFISH.) 



Head 2f; depth 2. D. XIII, 13; A. Ill, 6; pyloric caeca 8; vertebrae 

 12+15; scales 43. Body rather short and deep; mouth low and rather 

 short, maxillary extending to rather behind posterior edge of eye, its 

 length 2 in head; premaxillary entirely below eye; jaws about equal; no 

 symphyseal knob. Scales on head rather rougher than in S. chryso- 

 melas; lower jaw, maxillary, space in tront of eye, and nasal region 

 naked. Cranial ridges well developed, but somewhat lower than in S. 

 chrysomelas, covered with thick skin. Gill rakers short, clavate. Spi- 

 nous dorsal always higher than in S. chrysomelas, the highest spines 2 in 

 head, rather higher than the soft rays, the membranes more deeply incised 

 than in S. chrysomelas; caudal truncate ; anal moderately high, second spine 

 2| in head, stronger and slightly longer than third, about f height of soft 

 rays; pectorals rather short, 3 in head, about reaching to vent, their 

 bases very broad, the lower rays thickened and fleshy; ventrals reaching 

 vent. Bones of skull moderately thin ; preocular, postocular, tympanic, 

 and parietal spines present, sharp and strong, the ridges high and strong ; 

 parietal bones widely separated; iuterorbital space 5 in base of skull, 

 concave; ventral process of basisphenoid well developed, mesethmoid 

 processes compressed, thin, very much elevated, the points curved down- 

 ward; base of skull straight. Yellowish brown, with blotches of clear 

 flesh color or pinkish, the dark color predominating above, the pinkish 

 below ; membrane between third and fourth spines always pale, this color 

 forming a blotch at the base of these spines, and then extending obliquely 

 downward aid backward, usually joining the ventral color; in front of 



