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Table of Measurements — Continued. 



Species : Anarrhichas latifrons, Stp. 



Current number of specimen. 



Locality , 



Extreme length ■ 



Length to origin of middle caudal rays 



Body : 



Greatest height 



Greatest width 



Distance of anus from snout 



Height at anal origin 



Least height of tail 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Greatest width 



Width of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of postorhital part of head 



Length of upper jaw* 



Length of mandible 



Distance from snout to centre of orbit 



Diameter of eye 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray (63d) 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray (38th) 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external iay s 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Collett's meas- 

 urements, 

 Chra. Vid.- 

 Selsk. Forh. 

 1870, No. 1, 

 p. 51. 



Oxljord, West 

 i'inmark. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



10.74 

 12.83 

 4.78 

 5.59 



9.37 



7.24 

 3.29 



22.37 

 12.34 



Banquereau. 



Milli- 

 metres, 



1108 

 1048 



lOOths 



of . 



length. 



24.33 

 9.25 



23 

 4.19 



18.32 

 11.05 



9.64 

 10. 59 



2.58 

 19.56 



1.91 

 4.96 



5.73 

 5.06 



* The palatine series of teeth in No. 21845 extends much farther back than the vomerine and 

 or quite twice as long as the latter. 



nearly 



Key to the Species of the Genus Anarrhichas. 



A. Banded species. 



h. Bluish gray, with 9-12 darker cross-bands. Vomerine teeth extend farther 



back than the palatine lupus. 



U. Greenish, with 14 deep green cross-bands ; operculum having a green or blue 

 spot ; head, back, and sides above mingled bluish and red. Height of body- 

 contained about 5| times in its length fasciatus. 



A A. Species without bands, 

 c. Spotted (in life). 



d. Many large, round, black spots. Vomerine teeth extend nearly or quite 

 as far back as the palatine. .—....-.„- — ...... minou. 



