is 'even darker in color than the Black Rock Fish, the prevailing hue 

 on the upper surface being slaty black. The sides are paler and some- 

 what mottled. It is not so common as S. melanops. 



The Orange Rock-fish, Sehastodes pinniger (Gill), (Fig. 46) is a 

 large and handsome representative of the family.- It is richly colored, 

 the ground tint being gray, but this is mottled with large areas of 

 orange. It is abundant in deep water. 



The Red Rock-fish or Red Snapper, Seiastodes rnberrimus 

 (Cramer), is the largest of this group of fishes, attaining a length of 

 30 inches or over. In color it is a brilliant vermillion. It is common 

 in deep water and Is brought to market in considerable quantities. 



The Alaska Red Rock-fish, Sebastodes introniger (Gilbert), is of 

 the same reddish cast as the Red Rock-fish but is smaller and differs 

 in certain details of anatomical structure. 



Three small species of Sebastodes named by Professor Starks, 

 S. deani (Fig. 48), S. clavilatus (Fig. 47), and S. emphaeus (Fig. 49), 

 occur in the San Juan Islands. They are somewhat similar in appear- 

 ance, the ground color being reddish brown with irregular darker 

 mottling over the back and sides. 



Ball's Rock-fish, Sebastodes auriculatus dalli (Bigenmann and Bee- 

 son), is a variation of the Brown Rock-fish found in more southern 

 waters. It is pale brown with mottlings of darker color. This is a 

 common shallow water species. 



The Yellow-backed Rock-fish, Sebastodes maliger (Jordan and Gil- 

 bert), (Fig. 52) is reported as being abundant in the northern sec- 

 tion of Puget Sound. It reaches a weight of 6 pounds. In color it is 

 light brown with rich mottlings of yellow on the back and extensive 

 yellow markings on the breast and under parts. 



The Yellow-spotted Rock-fish, Sebastodes nebulosus (Ayres), is a 

 common variety in the Sound. The general coloration is black but the 

 body is spotted and speckled with yellow. It is a good food fish, al- 

 though rather small, as it measures about one foot in length. 



The Black-banded Rock-fish, Sebastodes nigrocinctus (Ayres), (Fig. 

 50) is a large and beautiful species, attaining a length of 2 feet. It is 

 not common in the Sound, but is reported as abundant in the Straits 

 of Fuca. Specimens are taken about the San Juan Islands. It is 

 orange red in color with five vertical bars of black. 



The Northwestern Rock-fish, Sebastodes caurinus (Richardson), 

 ( Fig. 52 ) is a species that is taken in abundance in the Sound and 

 constitutes an important food fish. It is dark brown in color washed 

 with copper. 



