206 University of California Publications. [Zoology 



Family SCORP.ENID.E. 



127. Sebastolobus altivelis Gilbert. 

 (Jordan and Evermann, 1898, II. p. 1768. fig-. 654.) 



Specimens have been taken in rather deep water off San 

 Diego. Its range extends northward to Alaska. It reaches a 

 length of a little more than a foot, and is occasionally taken by 

 fishermen on long lines when fishing for SebaModes. 



128. Sebastodes goodei Eigenmann and Eigenmann. 

 (Jordan and Evermann, 1898, II, p. 1779.) 



One specimen 15 inches in length taken in deep water off 

 Point Loma. It has a series of transverse, dark bars below the 

 lateral line, slightly arched toward the head. Specimens in the 

 Stanford University collections show some variations from the 

 original description (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1890, p. 12). 

 Specimens from SYo to 18 inches long have the eye from 3% to 

 4% in head, slightly shorter than length of snout. In a specimen 

 5 inches long the eye is 3% in head and longer than snout. In 

 specimens from 12 to 18 inches long the diameter of the eye is 

 less than the interorbital width ; in specimens from 5 to 8i^ inches 

 long the eye is greater than the interorbital width. The inter- 

 orbital width is contained from 3% to 41/0 in head. In specimens 

 from 8 1/0 to 18 inches long the occipital ridges do not end in 

 spines; in specimens 5 inches long they do end in spines. In 

 specimens from 15 to 18 inches long the depth of the caudal 

 peduncle is a little greater than the diameter of the orbit; in a 

 specimen 12 inches long it is ecpial to the diameter of the orbit ; 

 and in smaller specimens it is less than the diameter of the orbit. 

 The second anal spine is from % to % of the diameter of the 

 orbit in all of these specimens. 



This species is taken in abundance about the Santa Barbara 

 Islands, Coronado Islands, and Cortez Banks in rather deep 

 water. It reaches a length of 18 inches, and extends its range 

 northward to Monterey (Gilbert, 1893, p. 466). 



