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Inches. 



Length 16.5 



Depth at origin of first dorsal 4.7 



Length of dorsal 8.5 



Length of head . . 4.3 



Anarhichthys felis. Girard. This rapacious fish, a near relative of the 

 wolf-fish of the Atlantic, attains a large size. One obtained recently in the 

 market measured four feet nine and a half inches from snout to tip of caudal 

 fin, and one of larger dimensions was received by the Academy last year, but 

 was lost for want of a vessel sufficiently large to contain it in spirits. The 

 specimen described by Girard was only fifteen inches long. Some few weeks 

 ago I saw in the papers an item detailing how some one in the north of this 

 State had found an "infant sea-serpent " seven feet long, with a long fin on 

 the buck and another below, both reaching to the tail, a conical head and 

 large teeth, etc. The description was, in fact, a tolerably correct one of a 

 specimen of this fish of about the size of that sent to the Academy. It is not 

 very common, but is occasionally brought to market, and is eaten by the 

 Chinese. 



Regular Meeting, August 7th, 1876. 

 Dr. A. B. Stout in the Chair. 



Sixty members present. 



Donations to the Museum : From Capt. H. Johnson, ovary of 

 viviparous perch, larva of Prionus Californicus. From J. P. 

 Dameron, specimen of Gillichthys mirabilis. From Wm. J. 

 Fisher, specimens of Conorliynchus, sphyrcena, argentea, Tetraodon 

 polita, Ilustelus Californicus, Trachynoius ovatus, Paralabrax neb- 

 ulifer, Sasmicossiphits pulcher, Argyreiosus Pacificus, Gelasimus 

 princeps, Grapsus strigosus. From J. M. Middleton, five speci- 

 mens of cinnabar from Sulphur Banks, Lake County. From 

 Henry Edwards, one specimen of silver ore from Austin, Ne- 

 vada, five specimens crystals of cinnabar from interior of chim- 

 ney of furnace, Lake County. From Governor Wm. Kolden, 

 two specimens silver ore from Elko District, Nevada. From 

 Mr. Glass, calc-spar and asbestos from Calaveras County. 

 From A. J. Severance, two specimens of greenstone (diamond 

 drill core), from Yuba County, and two specimens of silver ore 



