. Bulletin. Science. 132 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Table 1. Location and meristic data for blackspot wrasse, Decodon melasma specimens collected in southern California in 1998 and 1999. Specimens Category SIO 00-77 SIO 00-78 SIO 99-100 Collection information Date 2 Jun 98 25 Jun 98 26 Apr 99 Location Dana Point, CA Laguna Beach, CA San Diego, CA Latitude N 33°' 33°' 32°' Longitude W 117°' 117°' 117°' Depth (m) 60 60 100 Standard Length (mm) 51 51 57 Meristic Counts Dorsal Fin Elements X, 10 XII, 9 XI, 10 Anal Fin Elements III, 10 III, 10 III, 10 Pect
. Bulletin. Science. 132 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Table 1. Location and meristic data for blackspot wrasse, Decodon melasma specimens collected in southern California in 1998 and 1999. Specimens Category SIO 00-77 SIO 00-78 SIO 99-100 Collection information Date 2 Jun 98 25 Jun 98 26 Apr 99 Location Dana Point, CA Laguna Beach, CA San Diego, CA Latitude N 33°' 33°' 32°' Longitude W 117°' 117°' 117°' Depth (m) 60 60 100 Standard Length (mm) 51 51 57 Meristic Counts Dorsal Fin Elements X, 10 XII, 9 XI, 10 Anal Fin Elements III, 10 III, 10 III, 10 Pectoral Fin Rays 17 17 16 Pelvic Fin Elements I, 5 I, 5 I, 5 Lateral line pores 29 29 Scales missing Gill Rakers 5 + 9 = 14 5 + 9 = 14 5 + 9 = 14 Panamic Provinces of Briggs (1974). Blackspot wrasse occurs on flat sandy to soft bottoms, often with some rocky rubble or patch reefs at depths of 40 to 160 m (Gomon 1974), and as such, is characteristic of the middle and outer shelf zones of Allen and Smith (1988). It occurs in deeper water and on a different habitat (soft-bottom) than the other California species, which are inner shelf (<30 m) rocky bottom and kelp bed species (Feder et al. 1974). The three California specimens had similar meristics (Table 1) and color pat- terns. They had five dusky bars on the back (about two to three scales in width), extending ventrally from the dorsal fin, across the lateral line, and to the midlateral body, fading ventrally, with a dark spot on each side of the dorsal caudal peduncle (Fig. 1). The color of the body was similar to that shown in Allen and Robertson (1994). The body was pink, fading to white on the abdomen, on the pectoral fin base, and under the pelvic fins. The nape, top of head, and snout were dusky, with white on the head below the eye, and on the lower jaw. The head posterior to the eye was pink extending from there to the dorsal base of the pectoral fin. The upper lip was yellow posteriorly, around the anterior and v
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