18fi3.] 



OF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. 



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S. melano2JS is quite common here, and is brought to the markets 

 in large numbers. It is generally small, not exceeding a pound in 



weight, though it occasionally attains a weight of three or four 

 pounds. 



5. Sebastodes rosaceus, Gir. 



Sebastes rosaceus, Gir. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. viii. p. 14G; 

 and P. R. Rep. x. p. 7S, pi. 21 (non Sebastes ruber, Ayres, Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i. p. 7). 



Sebastodes rosaceus, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 206, 

 fig. C2. 



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