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abundant in water of moderate depths, especially south of Point 

 Conception, and reaches a len^h of 15 inches. From its relatives 

 it may be at once known by its very short gill rakers. General 

 color dusky green with paler mottlings. 



163. Sebastodes vexillaris (Jordan and Gilbert). 

 (Jordan and Evermann, 1898, II, p. 1821.) 



One specimen from off Point Loma. This is one of the larger 

 rockfishes, reaching a length of two feet. It is found in great 

 abundance from San Diego to San Francisco (Jordan and Gil- 

 bert, 1880, p. 455). 



164. Sebastodes gilberti Cramer. 

 (Jordan and Evermann, 1898, II, p. 1823.) 



Specimens from San Pedro. This is a rare species hitherto 

 known only from about San Francisco (type locality), and now 

 recorded for the first time from Southern California. 



165. Sebastodes carnatus (Jordan and Gilbert). 



FLESII-COLOKED ROCKPISH. 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1898, II, p. 1824.) 



Several specimens taken off Point Loma, and the young up to 

 four inches long taken in tide pools on the ocean side of the point. 

 It was the only species of rockfish we found in the pools. They 

 are darker than specimens from Monterey Bay ; the flesh-colored 

 blotches are less distinct, especially on the large fish. This species 

 reaches a length of 15 inches, and is found in rather shallow 

 water north to San Francisco (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880, p. 455). 



166. Sebastodes chrysomelas (Jordan and Gilbert). 



BLACK AND YELLOW ROCKFISH. 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1898, II, p. 1825.) 



This is one of the smaller of the rockfishes, and is found in 

 water of moderate depths from San Diego (Eigenmann, 1892. 

 p. 167) to San Francisco. It is abundant in shallow water about 

 San Diego, but does not enter the bay. It is well marked in color 



