Class IV. WOLF FISH, 



even more. That which we examined was three 

 feet two inches and an half from the tip of the 

 nofe to the end of the tail : the length of the head 

 was eight inches, from the gills to the vent, ten ; 

 from thence to the tip of the tail, twenty and one 

 half 



The circumference of the head was feventeen 

 inches, at the moulders twenty, but near the tail 

 Only four and a half. 



Its weight was twenty pounds and a quarter. 

 The "head is a little flatted on the top : the nofe 

 blunt ; the nofrrils very fmall ; the eyes fmall, and 

 placed near the end of the nofe. Irides pale yellow. 



The teeth are very remarkable, and finely a- Teeth, 

 dapLed to its way of life, The fore teeth are flrong, 

 conical, diverging a little from each other, (land 

 far out of the jaws, and are commonly fix above, 

 and the fame below, though fometimes there are 

 only five in each jaw : theie are fupporred within* 

 fide by a row of lelfer teeth, which makes the num- 

 ber in the upper jaw feventeen or eighteen, in the 

 lower eleven or twelve. 



The fides of the under jaw are convex inward?, 

 which greatly adds to their flrength, and at the 

 fame time allows room for the large mufcles with 

 which the head of this fiiTi is furnifhed. 



The denies molar es, or grinding teeth of the under 

 jaw, are higher on the outer than the inner edges, 

 which inclines their furfaces inward : they join to 



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