. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology . astes helvomaculatus, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. 1859, ii. p. 26, fig. 8. S. ocellatusi, Cuv. {fide Gill, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1862,p. 278). Sebastichthys ocellatus, Gill {loc. cit.). Upper surface of the head quite strongly ridged. Nasal and an-terior supraorbital spines sharp, quite prominent; posterior supra-orbital forming a crest, which ends in commonly two prominentsharp spines; intraorbital fossa well marked, with two intraorbitalridges ; postorbital spine appearing like a continuation of the poste
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology . astes helvomaculatus, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. 1859, ii. p. 26, fig. 8. S. ocellatusi, Cuv. {fide Gill, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1862,p. 278). Sebastichthys ocellatus, Gill {loc. cit.). Upper surface of the head quite strongly ridged. Nasal and an-terior supraorbital spines sharp, quite prominent; posterior supra-orbital forming a crest, which ends in commonly two prominentsharp spines; intraorbital fossa well marked, with two intraorbitalridges ; postorbital spine appearing like a continuation of the poste-rior supraorbital, prominent, very sharp ; occipital ridge somewhat Dr. W. O. Ayres on the Sebastoid Fishes of California. 337 elevated, ending in a free spine; of the preopercular spines, theupper two are well developed, not very sharp, the lower three form-ing blunt projections; two opercular spines sharp, not very and scapular somewhat prominent. Spinous dorsal a littlehigher than the soft portion. Second anal spine higher than thethird, and much Colour pale red, becoming lighter beneath, with several light-pinkspots on the upper parts of the sides. These spots are commonlythree, though occasionally one or two additional irregular ones areseen. Sometimes in the largest specimens the light red of theground-colour is variegated with numerous minute whitish specks. The outline figure (given above) represents the projection of thelower jaw a little more strongly marked than it should be ; and showsalso but the lower of the two opercular spines, giving instead one toomany on the praeoperculum. Otherwise, though rough, it is tole-rably characteristic. S. helvomaculatus is not by any means rare, being brought to themarkets of San Francisco in some numbers. They are commonlysmall, not exceeding a pound in weight, though specimens weighingthree to four pounds are sometimes seen. This species has beenreferred by Mr. Gill {loc. cit.) to the South American form d
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