GENUS SEBASTODES. 6oi 



Eye 5i in head, one in interorbital space. Scales of body 

 weakly ctenoid; those on head cycloid; accessory scales numer- 

 ous; mandible and maxillary naked. Second anal spine ii in 

 head. Peritoneum white. San Diego to Monterey. levls.'^ 

 II. Pinkish white, banded with deep crimson. Head 2J; depth 2^. 

 D. XIII-12; A. Ill, 7; lat. 1. 55. Maxillary broad, reaching 

 middle of eye, 2i in head; lower jaw projecting. Eye very 

 large, 3| in head. Scales of body rather smooth; those of head 

 thin, mostly cycloid; accessory scales very numerous; mandible 

 naked; maxillary with a few scales. Second anal spine much 

 longer and stronger than third, 2i in head. Peritoneum white. 

 San Diego to Monterey, rare. ruhrivinctusA 



HH. Scales on head ctenoid; lower jaw usually included. Second 

 anal spine little enlarged. 

 J. Nuchal spines usually present, sometimes coalescent with the 

 parietals. Head 3; depth 2\. D. XIII-13; A. Ill, 5; lat. 1. 50. 

 Maxillary reaching middle of eye, 2^ in head; jaws equal. Eye 

 small, 5 in head. Interorbital space closely scaled; jaws naked. 

 Second anal spine scarcely longer than third, 2J in head. Dark 

 olive, blackish above, yellowish below; sides with about 7 ob- 

 lique black cross-bands. Peritoneum pale. San Francisco to 

 Cerros Island. , serriceps.t 



JJ. Nuchal spines none. Interorbital space widening markedly 

 from before backward. 

 K. Coronal spines usually present. Head 3i; depth, 2^. D. 

 XIII-13; A. Ill, 7; lat. 1. 45. Maxillary reaching beyond eye, 

 2^ in head; jaws nearly equal. Scales on body large, ctenoid; 

 accessory scales not numerous; mandible naked. Second 

 anal spine longer and stronger than third, 2^ in head. Black- 

 ish brown, mottled with light brown. Cerros Island to Van- 

 couver's Island; very abundant. auriculatus.'^ 

 KK. Coronal spines none. 



L. Cranial ridges with entire edges. 



* Sehastichthys levis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, Notes from San Diego 

 Biol. Lab. i, 6, 18S9; Wast American Scientist, 129, 1889. 



\ Sehastichthys rubrivinctus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 291, 

 1880. 



t Sehastichthys serriceps Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 38, 1880. 



^Sebastes auriculatus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 131, 146, 1854, 

 and U. S. Pac. E. E. Surv. Fish, 80; Pteropochis clallii Eigenmann & Bee- 

 son, Amer. Natiiralist, 66, 1894. This last is probably a young Sebastodes 

 auriculatus with coronal spines obsolete. 



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