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aa. Dorsal spines 80 to 85; body without bands or spots; vomerine teeth extending 

 farther backward than palatine band. 



d. Head moderate, 4J in length; caudal rays 20; upper canines 4. 



LEPTUKUS, 2804. 

 dd. Head very large ; caudal rays 17 ; upper canines G. 



ORIENT A.LIS, 2805. 



2801. ANABHICHAS LATIFROXS, Steenstrup & Hallgrimossn. 



Head 5; depth 4. D. LXVII; A. 45. Body more robust tban ^. lupus, 

 tbe dorsal fin lower. Head broad, tbe profile not strongly decurved ; teeth 

 much smaller than in J. lupus; vomerine teeth not extending nearly as 

 far back as the palatine series. Pectorals 3 length of head; dorsal fin 

 not very high, beginning above the gill opening, the longest spine less 

 than h head; caudal 2Mn head. Brown, obscurely spotted with darker ; 

 the sides without dark bars or black spots. (Collett.) North Atlantic on 

 both coasts, chiefly north of the Arctic Circle, south to Banquereau on our 

 coast. (Eu.) (lains, broad; frons, forehead.) 



Anarrhichas ia«i/;o»is, Steenstrup <fc Hallgrimsson, Ftirh. Skand. Natnrf. 3 die Mote 

 1842, 647; Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., n, 1879, 218; Collett, Meddelsk. Norges Fiske 

 1879, 46 ; Jordan & Gu^bert, Synop.sis, 782, 1883 ; Goode &Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 

 301, fig. 271, 1896. 



Anarrhichas denticulatus, Kroter, Overs. Vidensk. Selsk. Kjiib. 1844, 140. 



2802. AXARHICHAS MINOK, Olafsen. 



Head 5^; depth 51. D. LXXVIII; A. 46. Form of Anarhichas hqms 

 or a little more; slender; fins similarly formed, the dorsal a little lower. 

 Vomerine teeth extending nearly or quite as far back as the j^alatines. 

 Body pale olivaceous or yellowish; sides without vertical bars; round, 

 black spots covering dorsal and caudal fins as well as back and sides down 

 to the level of the pectoral; head spotted; belly immaculate. North At- 

 lantic, on both coasts, chiefly north of the Arctic Circle, south to Eastport, 

 Maine; Gloucester; and Norway. (Eu.) (miwor, smaller.) 



Anarrhichas minor, Olafsen, Reise i Island, 592, 1772, Iceland. 



Anarrhichas pantherunis, ZuiEW, Nov. Act. Petrop. 1781, 271; Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., II, 1879, 217; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 781, 1883; Goode & Bean, Oceanic 



Ichthyology, 301, fig. 270, 1896. 

 Anarrhichas karrak, Bonnaterre, Encycl. Ichth., 38, 1788, Iceland; after Olafsen. 

 Anarrhichas viaculaUis, Block & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 496, 1801, Iceland; after 



OLAFSliN. 



Anarrhichas leopardv,s, Agassiz in Spix, Pise. Brasil., tab. 51, 1829, "Atlantic Ocean." 



2803. ANARHICHAS LUPUS, Linnajus. 



(Wolf-Fish.) 



Head 6; depth 5i. D. LXII; A. 42. Maxillary reaching beyond orbit; 

 band of vomerine teeth extending much farther back than the short 

 palatine band. Pectorals large, rounded, | length of head. Dorsal 

 high, beginning over the gill opening, its longest rays about ^ length 

 of head. Brownish or bluish gray; sides with numerous (9 to 12) very 

 dark transverse bars, which are continued on the dorsal fin; besides these 



