782 coxTiiinrnoxs TO NOETII AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



1197. A. latifrons Steenstrup & Hallgrimsscm. 



Brown, obscurely spotted with darker; the sides without dark bars. 

 Head broad, the profile not strongly decurved; teeth much smaller; 

 vomerine teeth not extending nearly as far back as the palatine series. 

 Pectorals three-fifths length of head; dorsal fin not very hi<ih, begin- 

 ning above the gill-opening, the longest spine less than half head; 

 caudal 2.1 in head. Head 5; depth 4. D. LXVII; A. 45. (Collet t.) 

 North Atlantic. 



(Steenstrnp A. Hallgrimsson, Fork. Skand. Natnrf. 3 die Mote, 1842, 647: Beau, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. ii, '218, 1879; Collett, Moddi-lsk. Norges Fiske, 1S7'J, 46.) 



119. A. leptiirus Bean. 



Dark brown, without bands or spots; belly pale, clouded with very 

 dark brown. Head moderate; maxillary half as long as head; 4 large 

 canines in the upper jaw and 5 in the lower, all of them strongly re- 

 curved; behind the canines in each jaw are a few sharp, conical teeth, 

 also recurved; palatine teeth in 2 series, 4 in the outer and 5 in the 

 inner series, those in the outer series the longer; vomerine teeth iu 2 

 series, the vomeriue patch beginning in advance of the palatine, and 

 extending farther back than the latter; head and tins scaleless; median 

 line of body, and all of tail with small, widely-separated scales. Head 

 4i; depth 5. D- LXXXI ; A. 52. (Bean.) Alaska. 



(Bran, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mas. ii, 212, 1*71): T! -Inarrhicliax oriailnlix Pallas, Zoogr. 

 Eoss.-Asiat. iii, 77, 



424. ANARRIIICIITHYS Ayr. s. 



rN. Pruc. Arad. Nat. Sri. i, :?'2, I-."): typo Anarrhichthys ocellatv* Ayros.) 

 Body elongate, tapering backward into a very long and compressed 

 tail, around which the dorsal and anal are confluent with the caudal. 

 Scales rudimentary; no lateral line. Dorsal high, composed entirely 

 of flexible spines; pectoral fins broad, placed low; no ventral tins. 

 Head very large, compressed, the snout rather short: month large; 

 jaws with very strong, conical canines anteriorly; voiuer and palatines 

 each with about L' rows of coarse molars, the palatine band shutting 

 against .similar teeth on the sides of (lie lower jaw. (lill-membraiies 

 broadly united to the isthmus, ^'o pylorir cu-ca. Large fishes of the 

 North 1'acilic. (-/>.// v ;-^//r, . \n<i rrh i<-li ax ; :'/"'-, fish.) 



11!>9. A. orcBkitoi* Ayres. 



Dark gi-a\ ish or greenish, the body and dorsal fin everywhere cov- 

 ered with round, ocellated black spots of various sixes, the light mark- 



