114. BLENNIID^ ANARRHICHAS. 
781 
bead, tbeir tips reaching beyond front of dorsal; vent a little in front 
of middle of body. Ilead G^; depth 13. D. LXXIII; A. 50. Xorth 
Atlantic, south to Cape Cod; not very common. 
(Storer, Rcpt. Fish. Mass. 1839, 28; Gunther, iii, 291: Cryptacanfhodes inornatus Gill, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 332, albino form.) 
423.— ANARRHICHAS Linnaeus. 
Wolf -fishes. 
(Artedi; Linnaeus, Syst. Nat.: type Anarrhichas hqms L.) 
Body moderately elongate, covered with rudimentary scales; head 
scaleless, without cirri, compressed, narrowed aboye, the profile strongly 
decurved; mouth wide, oblique ; premaxillary not protractile; jaws with 
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 2 series of coarse molar teeth; 
lialatines vith 1 or 2 similar series. Gill-membranes broadly joined to 
the isthmus; no lateral line. Dorsal fin rather high, composed entirely 
of flexible spines, which are enveloped in the skin; anal fin lower; 
caudal fin developed, free from dorsal and anal; no ventral fins; pec- 
toral fins broad, placed low; air-bladder present; no pyloric coeca. 
Northern seas. {Anarrhichas (or Scansor), an ancient name of A. lajms ; 
from ai^appcydofj.at, to climb or scramble uj); the allusion not evident.) 
1195. A. lupus Linn. — Wolf-Jisli. 
Brownish ; sides with numerous (0-12) very dark transverse bars, 
which are continued on the dorsal fin, besides numerous dark spots 
and reticulations; fins dark; caudal tipped with reddish. Maxillary 
reachiug beyond orbit; baud of vomerine teeth extending much far- 
ther back than the short palatine band. Pectorals large, rounded, 
two-thirds length of head. Dorsal high, beginning over the gill-open- 
ing, its longest rays about half length of head. Head 6; depth 5^. 
D. LXII; A. 42. North Atlantic; rather common both in America 
and Europe. 
(LinnsBus, Syst. Nat. i, 430, 1766: Giinther, iii, 208; Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. ii, 
1879, 217 : AnarrliicMa vomennus Storer, Hist. Fisli. Mass. 1867, 99, the American form.) 
1196. A. minor Olafsen. 
Sides without vertical bars, but with many large, round, black spots. 
Vomerine teeth extending nearly or quite as far back as the palatines. 
{Bean.) North Atlantic. 
(Olafsen, Reise i Island, 1772, 592: Anarrhichas pantherinus Zouiew, Nov. Act. Pe- 
troji. 1781, 271; Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. ii, 217, 1879.) 
