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the jaws anteriorly with very strong- conical canines; sides of lower 

 jaw with very strong- molar teeth, which shut against a series of very 

 coarse molars on the palatines; vomer solid, armed with strong- molar 

 teeth, the dentition adapted for crushing- sea-urchins and moUusks. 

 Gill membranes broadly united to the isthmus; no pyloric casca. Dor- 

 sal tin high, composed entirely of flexible spines; no ventral tins; pec- 

 toral tins broad, placed low. Large carniverous lishes of the northern 

 seas. 



ANARHICHADIN.E: 



a. Body moderately elonfjate, the tail not tapering to a point; dorsal and anal sep- 

 arate from the caudal ,1 narh iclui.^, 28. 



28. ANARHICHAS (Artedi) Linnsevis. 

 Anarldc.has (Artedi) Linn.kus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 175S, ]>. 247 [Inpus). 



Body moderately elongate, covered with rudimentary scales; head 

 scaleless, without cirri, compressed, narrowed above, the profile 

 strongly decurved; mouth wide, oblique; premaxil'ary not protractile; 

 jaws wuth very strong conical canines anteriorly; lateral teeth of lower 

 jaw either molar or with pointed tubercles; upper jaw without lateral 

 teeth; vomer extremely thick and solid, with "1 series of coarse molar 

 teeth;- palatines with 1 or 2 similar series. Gill-membranes broadly 

 joined to the isthmus; no lateral line. Dorsal tin rather high, com- 

 posed entirely of flexible spines, which are enveloped in the skin; 

 anal fin lower; caudal fin developed, free from dorsal and anal; no ven- 

 tral fins; pectoral fins broad, placed low; air-bladder present; no pyloric 

 caeca. Northern seas. {AnarhicJcas or Scanso?\ the climber; an 

 ancient name of Anarhiclias lupus; from dvap pixdofxai^ to climb or 

 scraml)le up — the allusion not evident, the word spelled with a single 

 ?' by Artedi and Linntvus.) 



44. ANARHICHAS (species not described). 



A large stufi'ed specimen of an AnarJucax is in the museum at 

 Hakodate, from the Aino village of Moml^etsu, province of Iburi, in 

 Hokkaido. It is plain dark, with darker cross-bands; two rows of 

 teeth on vomer and palatines. Head 5i in length. Unfortunately 

 our notes are not su^cient to distinguish this from the European 

 species Anarrhichas lupus Linna^is, the only one with which it need 

 be compared. It is to be hoped that some Japanese naturalist will 

 complete the account of this interesting wolf-fish. 



SUMMARY. 

 Family I. Blenniid^. 

 1. Ttipterygion Risso. 



1. etheostoma Jordan and Snyder; Misaki, Wakanoum, Atami. 



2. baplurum Jordan and Snyder; Misaki. 



