496 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
upper end of gill-slit, ending at middle of base of caudal, slightly convex anteriorly, slightly concave 
posteriorly; scales ctenoid, entire body at posterior part of head scaled. 
Color of fresh specimen (field No. 278), light olive, with dark-brown mo tilings; body, head, and 
fins covered thickly with small brown spots; posterior margin of caudal red; fins color of body: 
Color in alcohol, brown, clouded with darker dusky brown; head and spinous dorsal covered with 
very small round dusky spots. 
This description is based on the type, 2 inches in length, and numerous cotypes taken in the 
coral rocks on the reef in front of Honolulu. (Type, No. 50693, U. S. N. M.) 
Fro. 39 . — Sebastapistes coniorta Jenkins, new species. Type. 
226. Sebastapistes galactacma Jenkins, new species. 
Head 2.3 in length; depth 2.6; eye 3.1 in head; snout 3.5; interorbital 2 in eye; D. xii, 9; A. 
in, 5; P. 16; lateral line with 23 tubes. Head and body compressed; dorsal outline convex, its 
highest point at about base of fifth spine, 2 prominences in outline of head, 1 at snout and 1 at the 
eye, a notch between; the outline slightly concave behind the eve; from the fifth dorsal spine outline 
gently descending to roots of caudal rays; ventral outline but slightly convex; eye large, circular in 
outline, wholly above axis of body; mouth large, somewhat oblique, below axis of body; maxillary 
broad, reaching past pupil; suborbital about 3 in eye; interorbital area narrow, deeply concave, 
smooth, without ridges; spines on the head distributed as follows: on snout, nasal spines short, nearly 
erect, just within the anterior and in front of posterior nostrils; 3 supraocular spines, behind these and 
in line with them 3 occipital spines; no coronal spines; from the middle occipital spine, diverging 
outward and backward, a bony ridge ending in a spine; a small spine on posterior margin of orbit, 
behind which extends, a series of 3 postocular spines, the last at angle of gill-opening; 2 strong 
diverging spines ending at angle of opercle, their origin near together at its anterior margin, the 
upper the longer; 5 spines on margin of preopercle (4 in 2 smaller specimens); suborbital stay well 
developed, ending in 2 spines, the last abutting on the upper preopercular spine, a small spine at its 
margin below eye; preorbital with 3 spines, two directed forward, one downward and backward; a short 
wide dermal flap at upper edge of anterior nostril, a well-developed tentacle about equal to diameter 
