. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology . e differ-ence in proportions, in the spines of the head, and in the colouring ofthe fins, and the wide separation in localities, together with the factthat no specimens have been brought to me among numerous col-lections made on this coast south of Point Conception, have inducedme to retain, at least for the present, the name given to our north-ern species. 338 Zoological Society :- 6. Sebastes elongatus, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26, fig. 9. Nasal spine sharp, quite prominent; anterior supraorbital well
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology . e differ-ence in proportions, in the spines of the head, and in the colouring ofthe fins, and the wide separation in localities, together with the factthat no specimens have been brought to me among numerous col-lections made on this coast south of Point Conception, have inducedme to retain, at least for the present, the name given to our north-ern species. 338 Zoological Society :- 6. Sebastes elongatus, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26, fig. 9. Nasal spine sharp, quite prominent; anterior supraorbital wellmarked, sharp ; posterior supraorbital forming a crest quite sufficientto leave an intraorbital fossa, and terminating in a sharp spine;postorbital just discernible; occipital ridge smooth, low, with a freepoint. Opercular, preopercular, humeral, and scapular spines pro-minent and sharp. Inferior angle of operculum and posterior angleof suboperculum spinous. Second anal spine higher and muchstouter than the third. Spinous dorsal about equal in height withthe soft S. elongatus is readily distinguished from all the other species oftrue Sebastes by its extreme slenderness, in which respect it closelyresembles Sebastodes paucispinis, sometimes even surpassing it. Theproportion of depth to length varies from about one-fifth to nearlyone-fourth. The figure (given herewith) represents the first speci-men found, which was as slender as any I have seen. In the figurea spine is inadvertently shown on the lower part of the operculum,while the scapular is omitted; the knobbed projection of the lowerjaw is not sufficiently indicated. The colours are well stated in theoriginal description. The species appears to be not at all common, few being broughtto the markets. They seldom exceed a pound in weight. Sebastodes. In the species of this division no diagnostic characters can bedrawn from the spines of the head, as so little difference is found inthem. In all, the nasal, supraorbita
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