GENUS SEBASTODES. 595 



nn. Supraocular spines absent. Head 3; depth 3^. D. XIII-13; 

 A. Ill, 7; lat. 1. 75. Maxillary short, broad, reaching be- 

 yond middle of eye, 2^ iu head; lower jaw much projecting, 

 with large symphyseal knob. Eye very large, longer than 

 snout. Body rather elongate. Second anal spine miich 

 longer and stronger than third, 2^ in head. Color chiefly 

 red; lateral line running in a continuous red stripe; iris red. 

 Peritoneum black. San Diego to San Francisco, not rare. 



prorirjer.* 

 ii. Lower jaw little projecting; scales moderate; lat. 1.45-55; A. Ill, 

 7-III, 6. 

 q. Supraocular spine present; A. Ill, 7; color red. 



r. Color chiefly orange; head2|; depth 2|; D.XIII-14; A. Ill, 

 7; lat. 1. 48. Maxillary reaching posterior margin of eye, 

 2 in head; lower jaw somewhat projecting, with a sym- 

 physeal knob; eye 4 in head. Accessory scales numerous; 

 scales on mandible smooth. Anal spines graduated, the 

 second 3 in head. Peritoneum pale. San Diego to Puget 

 Sound, abundant. pinnigerA 

 rr. Color chiefly brick red. Head 2|; depth 3; D. XIII-14; 

 A. Ill, 7; lat. 1. 47. Maxillary reaching past pupil, 2 in 

 head; lower jaw somewhat projecting, with a moderate 

 symphyseal knob. Scales rough-ctenoid; those on mandible 

 rough. Second anal sjiine equal to third, about 3 in head. 

 Back and sides everywhere with clusters of black dots. 

 San Francisco to San Diego; not rare. miniatus.\ 

 qq. Supraocular spine wanting. A. Ill, 6. Olivaceous, marbled 

 with darker. Head 3; depth 24. D. XIII-14; lat. 1. 52. Max- 

 illary extending beyond posterior border of pupil, 2 in head; 

 lower jaw somewhat projecting. Eye 3| in head. Interorbital 

 space but little convex. Scales large; mandible with a few 

 smooth scales. Tympanic spine usually absent; anal spines 

 graduated, the second 2| in head. San Diego to San Fran- 

 cisco, abundant. atrovirens.^ 

 t 



* Sehastichthys proriger Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 327, 

 1880. 



\ Sebastodes rosaceus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ii, 216, fig. 62, 1862, 

 not Sebastes rosaceus Grd. ; Sebastosomus pinniger Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 147, 1864. 



t Sehastichthys miniatus Jorban & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 70, 1880. 



^ Sebastichthys atrovire.ns Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 289, 

 1880. 



