. Fishes. Fishes. Pareioplite, or Mailed-cheek Fishes 643 and is not cbsely related to any other. Fourteen dorsal spines are occasionally present in Sebastichthys -elegans. All the other species show constantly 13. The genus Sehastiscus has the general appearance of Sebas- todes, and like the latter possesses a large air-bladder. It how- ever agrees with Scorpcsna in the possession of but 12 dorsal spines and 24 vertebrae. The two known species are common in Japan. Sebastiscus marmoraius, mottled brown, is everywhere C^^. Fig. 539.—Banded Rockfish, Sebastichthys nigrocinctus (Ayres). Straits o
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. Fishes. Fishes. Pareioplite, or Mailed-cheek Fishes 643 and is not cbsely related to any other. Fourteen dorsal spines are occasionally present in Sebastichthys -elegans. All the other species show constantly 13. The genus Sehastiscus has the general appearance of Sebas- todes, and like the latter possesses a large air-bladder. It how- ever agrees with Scorpcsna in the possession of but 12 dorsal spines and 24 vertebrae. The two known species are common in Japan. Sebastiscus marmoraius, mottled brown, is everywhere C^^. Fig. 539.—Banded Rockfish, Sebastichthys nigrocinctus (Ayres). Straits of Fuca. abundant along the coast, and the pretty Sebastiscus albofasciatus, pink, violet, and golden, represents it in equal abundance in deeper water. The genus Sebastopsis differs from Sebastodes only in having no teeth on the palatines. The species, all of small size and red or varied coloration, are confined to the Pacific. Sebastop- sis xyris occurs in Lower California and Sebastopsis giiamensis and 5. scaber in Polynesia. Species of this genus are often found dried in Chinese insect boxes. Helicolenus differs from Sebastiscus only in the total absence of air-bladder. The species are all bright crimson in color, very handsome, and live in deep water. Helicolenus dactylopterus is rather common in the Mediterranean, and is sometimes taken in the Gulf Stream, and also in Japan, where two or three other species occvir.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company