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1. ANARRHICHAS. 



Anarrhichas, Artedi, Genera, p. 23. 



Body elongate, with the scales rudimentary ; snout rather short ; 

 cleft of the mouth wide ; strong conical teeth in the jaws, those on 

 the sides ^dth several pointed tubercles ; a biserial hand of molars 

 on the palate. Dorsal fin long, ^dth the spines flexible ; caudal sepa- 

 rate ; ventrals none. Gill-openings wide ; pseudobranchiae present ; 

 branchio'stegals seven ; air-bladder and pyloric appendages absent. 



Northern parts of the temperate seas of the northern hemisphere. 



1. Anarrhichas lupus. 



Anarrhichas (Scansor), Gesner, Nomencl. Aquat. Animant. p. 116, and 



Paralip. p. 4 ; Artedi, Gen. p. 23 ; Olear. Gottorff. Kunstluimmer, 



taf. 27. fig. 2 ; Gronov. Zoophyl. n. 400, and Miis. Ichfliyol. n. 44. 

 Lupus marinus, Schonev. p. 45. tab. 5 ; Jonston, tab. 47. fig. 2 ; Wil- 



lughhy, p. 130. tab. H. 3. fig. 1 ; Ray, p. 40. 

 Anarrhichas lupus, L. Syst. i. p. 430 ; Olavii Reise, i. p. 80 ; Retz. 



Faun. Sieec. p. 315 ; Fabr. Faun. Gronl. p. 138. n. 97 ; Mohr, Isl. 



Natur. Hist. p. 63. n. 114 ; Atulre, Phil. Trans. 1784, p. 274. tab. 11 ; 



Brouss. Mem. Acad. Sc. 1785, p. 161. pi. 3 ; Mull. Prodr. Zool. Dan. 



p. 40; L. Gin. i. p. 1142; £1. Fische DeutscU. iii. p. 25. taf. 74; 



Bl. Schn. p. 495 ; Larep. ii. pp. 299, 300. pi. 9. fig. 2 ; low, Faun. 



Oread, p. 187 ; Cuv. Reyne Anim. ; Faber, Fische Isl. p. 70 ; Donov. 



Brit. Fishes, i. p. 24 ; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 87 ; Fkm. Brit. Anim. 



p. 208 ; Fries och Ekstr. Sliand. Fisk. p. 23. tab. 8. fig. 2 ; Richards. 



Faun. Bor. Amer. p. 95 ; Jen. 3fan. p. 384 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, 



Ist edit. i. p. 247, 2nd edit. i. p. 277, 3rd edit. ii. p. 384 ; Parn. 



Wern. Mem. vii. p. 339 ; Cur. ^ Val. xii. p. 473. pi. 341 ; Cuv. 



Regne Anim, III. Poiss. pi. 79. fig. 2 ; Gaim. Voy. Isl. et Groenl. 



Zool. Poiss. pi. 4 ; Gronov. Sy.st. ed. Gray, p. 188 ; Gaimard, Voy. 



Scand. et Lapon. Zool. Poiss. pi. 12. fig. 2 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, 



Fishes, p. 158. pi. 16. fig. 43 ; Niks. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 208. 

 Latargus, Klein, Pise. Miss. iv. p. 16. 

 Anarhichas non maeidatus, Olafs. Islcpnd. Reise, § 683 a. 

 minor, Olafs. Islcpnd. Reise, § 683 b. tab. 42 ; Midi. Prodr. Zool. 



Dan. p. 40 ; Fabr. Faun. Gronl. p. 139. n. 97 J ; Mohr, Isl. Natur. 



Hist. p. 64. n. 115 ; L. Gm. i. p. 114;3 ; Bl. Schn. p. 496. 

 Ascan. Icon. tab. 25. 

 Steenbider, Pontopp. Norg. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 243 (bad) ; Strom, Sondm. 



i. p. 310^ 

 Ravenous Wolf-fish, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 1.33. pi. 24, and edit. 1812, 



iii. p. 201. pi. 27. 

 Anarrhichas strigosus, L. Gm. i. p. 1144. 

 pantherinus, Zouiew, N Act. Petrop. 1781, p. 271. tab. b ; L. Gm. 



i. p. 1144 ; Bl. Schn. p. 495. tab. 92 ; Lacep. ii. pp. 299, 309, 310. 

 Cat-fish, Sibbald, Scotia III. iii. p. 25. tab. 16. 

 Anarrhichas maculatus, Bl. Schn. p. 496. 



karrak, Lacep. ii. pp. 299, 307. 



leopardua, Agass. in Sjjix, Pise. Bras. p. 92. tab. 51 (artificially 



deformed) ; Cuv. i<f Val. xi. p. 493. 

 Skeleton : Owen, Osteolog. Catal. Fishes, p. 72. 



D. 75. A. 46. Vert. 26/50. 



Teeth of the jaws very strong ; the greatest height of the dorsal 



