SEBASTES MACULATUS.—Cuv. et Vall. 



Pisces.— Plate XXII. Fig. 2. 



S. subruber; capite superne aculeis duodecim; preoperculo aculeis quinque, operculo duobus armatis ; 



rostro lato rotundato ; ore magno ; pinnae analis aculeo secundo fortissimo. 

 Longititdo e naso ad apicem pinnae caudalis 14 ad 16 una 



Colour. — The upper parts of the head and the body above the lateral 

 line a tint intermediate between light carmine-red and tile-red, the former 

 and the anterior portion of the latter shaded with brownish red, the posterior 

 portion mottled with shades of Dutch-orange, and moreover marked with 

 a few irregular-shaped spots of flesh-red. Sides of the head and the body 

 below the lateral line dull flesh red, clouded with varying tints of lilac-purple 

 and Dutch-orange ; the belly distinctly tinged with yellow. Lower jaw and 

 operculum inferiorly flesh -red shaded with lavender-purple ; upper lip dull 

 orpiment-orange. Dorsal fin close to base intermediate between tile- 

 red and blood-red, towards upper edge light tile-red ; the very base of the 

 membranous portion pale buff-orange; caudal, pectoral and ventral fins 

 flesh-red rayed with lake-red ; anal fin pale buff-orange rayed and shaded 

 with lake-red. Eyes light gall-stone yellow, variegated with incomplete rings 

 of tile-red and pearl-grey. 



Form, &c— Figure anteriorly bulky, the belly pendant. Head about one- 

 third of the length of the fish, and superiorly armed on each side with the 

 same number of spines and cutting ridges as Sebastes Capensis, only both are 

 more developed. Preoperculum with five strong triangular and pointed 

 spines ; operculum with two lengthened spines about half an inch in front of 

 its fleshy triangular point, the uppermost the most conspicuous. Distance 

 between the eyes greater than in Sebastes Capensis, and the breadth of its 

 nose and the width of its gape also much greater. Nostrils double, one in 

 front of the other ; teeth criniform and arranged in the form of a narrow 

 band around the inner edge of each jaw. Eyes large and projecting consi- 

 derably in advance of the orbits. Lateral line slightly undulated and nearly 



