. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. FISHES OP THE GULF OF MAINE 313 117. Black-bellied rosefish (Helicolenus maderensis Goode and Bean) Jordan and Evermann, 189&-1900, p. 1837. Description.—This species resembles the common rosefish so closely in its general form and in the outline and arrangement of its fins that it would be apt to be mistaken for the latter were it not that the lower eight rays of the pectoral fins are free from the membrane for the outer one-half to one-third of their length, giving the fin an aspec
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. FISHES OP THE GULF OF MAINE 313 117. Black-bellied rosefish (Helicolenus maderensis Goode and Bean) Jordan and Evermann, 189&-1900, p. 1837. Description.—This species resembles the common rosefish so closely in its general form and in the outline and arrangement of its fins that it would be apt to be mistaken for the latter were it not that the lower eight rays of the pectoral fins are free from the membrane for the outer one-half to one-third of their length, giving the fin an aspect very different from that of the rosefish. Furthermore, there are only 12 spines in the spiny portion of its dorsal fin instead of 14 to 15, as is the case in the rosefish, and only 5 soft anal rays (in addition to 3 stiff spines) instead of 7, while its caudal fin is relatively larger than that of the rosefish. A more important difference anatomically is that the present species has only 24 ver- tebra?, whereas the rosefish has Fig. 148.—Black-bellied rosefish {Helicolenus maderensis). After Lowe Color.—Described (we have not seen it) as pale to brilliant scarlet or flesh color, the gill cover with a vague leaden or dusky patch and the back and upper sides with five irregular cross bands of darker or brighter scarlet. All the fins are scarlet, the spiny part of the dorsal mottled with white, and the soft portion of the dorsal, the ventrals, and the anal edged with white. The lining of the belly is intense black, whence we have coined the English name "black-bellied ; Size.—About 15 inches in length. General range.—This fish was first described from Madeira, but it has since been found at many localities off southern New England, off New York, and thence southward to Florida, in depths of 71 to 373 fathoms. Occurrence in the Gulf of Maine.—This species is included here on the strength of three records—off Nantucket in 93 fathom , 208 fatho
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