SEBASTES MACULATUS. 



parallel with the outline of the back. Dorsal outline but slightly arched ; 

 ventral outline more strongly. Space in front of eyes, outer surface of lips, 

 and lower jaws smooth, the other parts of the head covered with small 

 irregular scales ; scales of body considerably larger, and have their hinder 

 edge finely serrated. The dorsal fin commences directly over the base of the 

 pectoral, and its membranous portion is much higher than the spinous 

 portion. Pectoral fins oblong, ovate, the rays, particularly of the lower 

 portion of the fin, full, fleshy, and not connected by membrane towards their 

 points. Ventral fins small, the first ray strong and spinous. Anal fin with 

 three spinous rays, the second very strong and of the same length as the 

 third ; cartilaginous rays considerably longer. Caudal fin slightly sub- 

 falcate. 



B. 7; D. ||; P. 18; V. £; A. f; C. 14. 



Length of adult specimens from 14 to 1(3 inches. 



This species, which in common with Sebastes Capensis inhabits the seas of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, is readily to be distinguished from the latter by the much greater breadth of its head and 

 nose, by the greater width of its gape, by its protruding eyes, by the great size of the two spinous 

 rays of the anal fin, and also by its profile being less oblique. 



