In _Sebastichthys caurinus_ and especially _Sebastichthys vexillaris_ the spines are very high, but the coloration is different, being reddish brown. _Sebastichthys nebulosus_ is blue-black with golden spots. _Sebastichthys chrysomelas_ is mottled black and yellow. _Sebastichthys carnatus_ is flesh-color and green. _Sebastichthys rastrelliger_ is a small, blackish-green species looking like _Sebastodes atrovirens_, but with short gill-rakers. _Sebastichthys hopkinsi_ and _Sebastichthys gilberti_ are small species allied to it. The treefish, _Sebastichthys serriceps_, has very high spines on the head, and the olive body is crowned by broad black bands. Still more striking is the black-banded rockfish, _Sebastichthys nigrofasciatus_, with very rough head and bright red body with broad cross-bands of black. [Illustration: FIG. 369.—_Sebastichthys serriceps_ Jordan & Gilbert. Monterey, Cal. ] Of the Japanese species the commonest, _Sebastodes inermis_, the Mebaru, much resembles _Sebastodes flavidus_. _Sebastodes fuscescens_ looks like _Sebastodes melanops_, as does also _Sebastodes taczanowskii_. _Sebastodes matsubaræ_ and _S. flammeus_ and _S. iracundus_, bright-red off-shore species, run close to _Sebastodes aleutianus_. _Sebastichthys pachycephalus_ suggests _Sebastichthys chrysomelas_. _Sebastodes steindachneri_ and _S. itinus_ are brighter-colored allies of _Sebastodes ovalis_ and _Sebastodes scythropus_ and _Sebastodes joyneri_ represent _Sebastodes proriger_. _Sebastichthys trivittatus_, green, striped with bright golden, bears some resemblance to _Sebastichthys maliger_. _Sebastichthys elegans_, _Sebastichthys oblongus_, and _Sebastichthys mitsukurii_, dwarf species, profusely spotted, have no analogues among the American forms. _Sebastodes glaucus_ of the Kurile Islands has 14 dorsal spines and is not closely related to any other. Fourteen dorsal spines are occasionally present in _Sebastichthys elegans_. All the other species show constantly 13. [Illustration: FIG. 370.—Banded Rockfish, _Sebastichthys nigrocinctus_ (Ayres). Straits of Fuca. ] The genus _Sebastiscus_ has the general appearance of _Sebastodes_, and like the latter possesses a large air-bladder. It however agrees with _Scorpæna_ in the possession of but 12 dorsal spines and 24 vertebræ. The two known species are common in Japan. _Sebastiscus marmoratus_, mottled brown, is everywhere 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. _Sebastopsis xyris_ occurs in lower California and _Sebastopsis guamensis_ and _S. scaber_ in Polynesia. Species of this genus are often found dried in Chinese insect boxes.