430 Pareioplite, or Mailed-cheek Fishes 
ridges are all large and rough serrate. On the equally large 
Sebastichthys levis these ridges are smooth. Both these species 
are bright red in color. Sebastichthys rubrovinctus, called the 
Spanish-flag, is covered with broad alternating bands of deep 
crimson and creamy pink. It is the most handsomely colored 
of our marine fishes and is often taken in southern California. 
Sebastichthys elongatus is a red species with very large mouth. 
Several other species small in size are red, with three or four 
spots of bright pink. The commonest of these is the corsair, 
Fic. 368.—Priest-fish, Sebastodes mystinus Jordan & Gilbert. Monterey, Cal. 
Sebastichthys rosaceus, plain red and golden. Another species 
is the green and red flyfish, Sebastichthys rhodochloris. Sebas- 
tichthys constellatus is spotted with pink and Sebastichthys chlo- 
rostictus with green. To this group with pink spots the South 
American and African species belong, but none of the Japa- 
nese. Sebastodes aleutianus is a large red species common in 
Alaska and Sebastodes ciliatus a green one. About the wharves 
in California and northward the brown species called Sebas- 
tichthys auriculatus is abundant. In the remaining species 
the spinous ridges are progressively higher, though not so sharp 
as in some of those already named. Sebastichthys maliger has 
very high dorsal spines and a golden blotch on the back. In 
Sebastichthys caurinus and especially Sebastichthys vexillaris 
the spines are very high, but the coloration is different, being 
reddish brown. Sebastichthys nebulosus is blue-black with golden 
