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Sebastodes diploproa (Gilbert) 



A specimen, 125 mm. long without caudal, in the Scripps Institu- 

 tion, was dredged off La Jolla, at a depth of 292 meters. Dorsal, 

 XIII, 13 ; anal, III, 7 ; 37 pores in lateral line ; scales deciduous, much 

 more numerous than the pores; premaxillaries anteriorly forming the 

 two projecting, dentigerous lobes diagnostic of the species; preorbital 

 with two strong spines ; gill-rakers 11 +24, those at both ends of the 

 arch small, the longest 3.5 in postorbital length of head; orbit, 2.8; 

 interorbital width, 2.25 in orbit. The eye is larger, and the inter- 

 orbital narrower, than usual in this species. 



A small specimen, 67 mm. long, was dredged off La Jolla, at a 

 depth of 185 meters. Dorsal, XIII, 13 ; anal. III, 7 ; head, 2.5 ; depth, 

 2.9. Another small specimen, 41 mm. long, was obtained off La Jolla, 

 at a depth of 160 fathoms. Dorsal, XIII, 12 ; anal, III, 7 ; head, 2.33 ; 

 depth, 3. A dark spot present on anterior soft rays of dorsal and 

 anal fins. 



Table of Measurements of Pabatypes of S. diploproa. 



Interorbital 



Sebastodes saxicola (Gilbert) 



Plate 19 

 Three specimens in the Scripps Institution were dredged off La 

 Jolla, at a depth of 185 meters. They differ somewhat from the type 

 description, but the differences are apparently due to individual varia- 

 tion. Body deeper; depth, 2.66 to 2.75; caudal peduncle also deeper. 

 Two specimens have 8 soft anal rays. Pores, 35 to 37 in the lateral 

 line, 45 in type description, 36 and 41 in two specimens from Albatross 

 Station 3677. Anal spines shorter, the second 3 in head. About 24 

 gill-rakers on lower limb of outer arch. 



