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iu the Gulf of Alaska. It is said that specimens are occasionally taken with Sebas- 

 todes ciliatus in the salmon nets about Karluk, on Kadiak Island. 



59. Sebastodes ciliatus (Tilesius). 



The only specimens now known iu collections are from Kadiak, where it is 

 reported to be abundant. 



60. Sebastodes taczanowskii (Steindaohner). 



One specimen, 16 cm. long, from Shana Bay, Iturup Island (one of the Kuriles). 

 Our specimen agrees well with Steindachner's description of the types which came 

 from northern Japan. 



Color warm brown above and on sides, paler brown below ; obscure shadings of 

 darker brown on upper part of sides; many scales with basil or central area darker. 

 Opercles with a dusky shade; no dark streaks on head. Fins brown, all except the 

 pectorals, and caudal becoming distinctly black on distal portion. Lining of buccal 

 and gill cavities white, but with a narrow dark streak along each side of floor of 

 mouth anteriorly. Peritoneum brownish-black, uniformly and densely pigmented. 



Crown and occiput evenly convex, without spines or ridges, i^asal spines low 

 and strong. A rather wide low preocular ridge, ending in a strong depressed spine. 

 Supraocular ridge nearly obsolete, without spine, its posterior portion evenly scaled 

 over. Preorbital sinuate anteriorly, without spines. Preopercular spines short and 

 strong, flattened, the second and third the largest, directed backward, the fifth repre- 

 sented by a slightly projecting lobe. Opercular spines similar to those on preopercle, 

 the lower the largest. Gill rakers long and slender, 10 + 27, the longest half the 

 orbital diameter. 



Head, 3^^ in length; depth, 2-^^. Least depth caudal peduncle, 3^ in head. Eye, 

 3J in head; interorbital space, 4|; snout, 4; maxillary, 2. D., XII, I, 14; A., Ill, 7. 

 Pectorals with 16 rays, of which the lower 7 are simple. Forty-five pores in the 

 lateral line. 



Spinous dorsal low, with evenly rounded contour, the fourth, fifth, and sixth 

 spines equal, twice the twelfth, 2^ iu head. Longest soft ray of dorsal, 2^ in head. 

 Second anal spine longer and much stronger than third, 2 in head. Caudal slightly 

 emarginate. Pectorals reaching beyond vent, 3f in length. Ventrals slightly over- 

 lapping the vent, equaling distance from tij) of snout to upper end of preopercle. 



Scales strongly ctenoid, except on cheeks, breast, and fins. Top of head scaled 

 forward to nasal spines. Cheeks, opercles, and preorbitals wholly invested, except the 

 anterior extremity of the latter. Maxillary and mandible with partially embedded 

 cycloid scales. Branchiostegal rays naked, or partially invested. Scales on breast 

 and prepectoral area excessively small. Many small accessory scales on back and 

 sides. Basal half to three fourths of vertical fins densely scaled. Series of fine 

 scales follow pectoral and ventral rays nearly to their tips. 



61. Sebastodes glaucus (Hilgendorf). 



One specimen, 49 cm. long, from Bering Island. Originally described from Yeso. 



The identification is made with some doubt, owing to lack of any detailed descrip- 

 tion of the type, a dried specimen from Yeso, and to some minor discrepancies 

 between the two. Our specimen has 56 (not 49) tubes in the lateral line, the nasal 

 spine is small, but not properly to be called rudimentary, the dorsal notch seems some- 

 what deeper, and the second anal spine somewhat shorter. Following is a detailed 

 description of our specimen : 



Crown and occiput very broad, more convexly arched than in any other species 



