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smaller canines behind them ; the roof of the mouth back of the latter is armed 

 with three series of crushing teeth, the central series consisting of a double row of 

 about 4 pairs of large rounded molars united into a soUd plate, and each of the 

 outer series consisting of two alternating rows of blunt conical teeth. The lower 

 jaw bears 4 to 6 large tusks in front, behind which there are two longitudinal 

 diverging rows of rounded molars, and the throat is also furnished with small 





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Fig- 186— Adult 



Fig. 187.— Larva (European), just hatched. After Ehrenbaum 



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Fig. 188.— Larva. 21.5 millimeters 

 WOLFFISH (Anarhkhas lupus) 



scattered teeth. The great projecting tusks, rounded nose, and small eyes give 

 the wolf a singularly savage aspect. The body is deepest close behind the head, 

 tapering back to a slender caudal peduncle and small weak tail. The dorsal fin — 

 about half as high as the head is long, and uniform in height except for its rounded 

 comers (69 to 77 spines) — runs from the nape of the neck to the base of the caudal. 



