122 
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Table 5 (continued) 
30 
31 
32 
Laterabline pores 
33 34 
35 
36 
n 
Sebastes aleutianus 
Lower West Coast 
2 
17 
9 
1 
1 
Gulf of Alaska 
8 
32 
15 
5 
2 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is. 
2 
3 
4 
2 
2 
Total 
12 
52 
28 
8 
5 
105 
Sebastes melanostictus 
Lower West Coast 
1 
6 
1 
6 
2 
Gulf of Alaska 
7 
29 
37 
13 
2 
1 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is. 
3 
12 
24 
12 
5 
1 
Western Pacific Ocean 
5 
6 
3 
3 
1 
2 
Total 
11 
52 
68 
34 
12 
2 
3 
182 
Left infraorbital spines 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 10 11 12 n 
Sebastes aleutianus 
Lower West Coast 
1 
9 
8 
6 
4 
3 
1 
Gulf of Alaska 
2 
10 
13 
10 
6 
8 
3 
2 2 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is. 
1 
2 
6 
3 
1 
Total 
3 
20 
23 
22 
13 
12 
4 
2 2 101 
Sebastes melanostictus 
Lower West Coast 
2 
1 
5 
5 
1 
1 1 
Gulf of Alaska 
4 
9 
9 
12 
17 
5 
11 
2 3 3 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is. 
5 
11 
4 
11 
6 
5 
2 
1 1 
Western Pacific Ocean 
1 
3 
4 
1 
1 
1 
Total 
9 
22 
15 
31 
32 
11 
15 
4 4 4 1 148 
Left infraorbital 1 
spines 
0 
1 
2 
3 
4 
n 
Sebastes aleutianus 
Lower West Coast 
1 
22 
8 
Gulf of Alaska 
5 
28 
15 
7 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is. 
3 
8 
2 
Total 
9 
58 
25 
7 
99 
Sebastes melanostictus 
Lower West Coast 
1 
2 
9 
4 
Gulf of Alaska 
2 
29 
29 
9 
6 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is. 
2 
24 
15 
4 
Western Pacific Ocean 
1 
9 
1 
Total 
5 
56 
62 
18 
6 
147 
continued. 
ral and supracleithral spines present. Ventral margin 
dorsal margin of opercle nearly horizontal; lower mar- 
of lachrymal typically with two rounded lobes, both 
gin of gill cover with 1 or 2 small spines, produced by 
anterior and posterior often with a 
single small 
pos- 
posteroventral tip of interopercle and anteroventral tip 
teriorly directed spine, posterior occasionally with as 
of subopercle. 
many as 4 or 5 small spines forming 
a serrate margin; 
Dorsal-fin 
origin 
above anterodorsal portion of gill 
infraorbital spines small, 2- 
10 (9) 
0-3 (3) 
on 
first 
slit; dorsal 
fin continuous, gradually increasing in 
infraorbital, 0-5 (5) on second, and 
1-3 (1) 
on third; 
height from spine I (4. 3-7. 2% SL, 1. 5-3.0 times into 
