114. BLENNIID^E ANARRHICHAS. 781 



bead, their tips reaching beyond front of dorsal; vent a little in front 

 of middle of body. Head G; depth 13. D. LXXIII; A. 50. North 

 Atlantic, south to Cape Cod; not very common. 



(Storer, Kept. Fish. Mass. 1839, 28; Giiuther, iii, 291: Cryptacanthodes inornatus Gill, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1863, 332, albino form. ) 



423. ANARRHICHAS Linnaeus. 



Wolf-fishes. 



(Artedi; Linnaeus, Syst. Nat.: type'Anarrhichas lupus L.) 



Body moderately elongate, covered with rudimentary scales; head 

 scaleless, without cirri, compressed, narrowed above, the profile strongly 

 decurved; mouth wide, oblique; premaxillary not protractile; jaws with 

 very strong conical canines anteriorly; lateral teeth of lower jaw either 

 molar or with pointed tubercles; upper jaw without lateral teeth; 

 vomer extremely thick and solid, with 2 series of coarse molar teeth; 

 palatines with 1 or 2 similar series. Gill-membranes broadly joined to 

 the isthmus; no lateral line. Dorsal fin rather high, composed entirely 

 of flexible spines, which are enveloped in the skin; anal fin lower; 

 caudal fin developed, free from dorsal and anal; no ventral fins; pec- 

 toral fins broad, placed low; air-bladder present; no pyloric coeca. 

 Northern seas. (Anarrhichas (or Scansor), an ancient name of A. lupus; 

 from a\>apfii%a<><j.ai 1 to climb or scramble up; the allusion not evident.) 



1195. A. lupus Linn. Wolf-fish.. 



Brownish; sides with numerous (9-12) very dark transverse bars, 

 which are continued on the dorsal fin, besides numerous dark spots 

 and reticulations; fins dark; caudal tipped with reddish. Maxillary 

 reaching beyond orbit ; band of vomerine teeth extending much far- 

 ther back than the short palatine band. Pectorals large, rounded, 

 two-thirds length of head. Dorsal high, beginning over the gill-open- 

 ing, its longest rays about half length of head. Head 6 ; depth 5. 

 D. LXII; A. 42. North Atlantic; rather common both in America 



and Europe. 



(Linnams, Syst. Nat. i, 430, 1760: Giinther, iii, 208; Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ii, 

 1879, 217 : Anarrhichas vomerinus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass. 1867, 99, the American form.) 



1196. A. minor Olafsen. 



Sides without vertical bars, but with many large, round, black spots. 

 Vomerine teeth extending nearly or quite as far back as the palatines. 

 (Bean.) North Atlantic. 



(Olafsen, Eeise i Island, 1772, 592: Avarrhichas pantherinus Zouiew, Nov. Act. Pe- 

 trop. 1781, 271; Beau, Proc. U.-S. Nat. Mus. ii, 217, 1879.) 



