2. ANARUniCnXTTYS. 211 



2. Anarrhichas denticulatus. 



Anavrhiclias denticulatus, (Krm/er) Gaimard, Voy. en Scatul. et Lupun. 

 Zool. Poiss. pi. 12. fig. 1 (without descript.). 



D. 80. A. 47 



Teeth of the jaws and vomer comparatively feeble. Dorsal spines 

 very feeble ; the greatest depth of Il;c c!or,s;;l fai is on its posterior 

 part, where it is contained four times and a half in tho greatest depth 

 of the body. Body uniform blackish-brown. 



Greenland. 



a. Large specimen : stuffed. Greenland. 



2. ANARRHICHTHYS. 



Anarrhichthys, Ayres in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. i. 1855, p. 32. 



Body very elongated and tsenioid, with the scales riidimentary ; 

 snout rather short, cleft of the mouth wide ; strong conical teeth in 

 the jaws, those on the sides being molars ; a biserial band of molars 

 on the palatine bones and on the vomer. Dorsal fin long, with the 

 spines flexible ; no separate caudal ; ventrals none. Gill-membranes 

 separated at the throat by an isthmus ; branchiostegals seven. 



Coast of California. 



1. Anarrhichthys felis. 



Anarrhichas felis, Girardin Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 150. 

 Anarrhichthvs ocellatus, Ayres, I. c. p. 31. 



felis, Girard in U. S. Padf. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 125 (pi, 25 a. 



figs. 1-3). 



Caudal fin lanceolate. Grey, with irregidar darker spots and 

 ocelli. 



Coast of California. 



a. Skull : injured. California. Presented by J. H. Gurney, Esq.,M.P. 

 — The chief difference from Anarrhichas lupus consists in the 

 arrangement of the mandibulary molars : they are extremely 

 strong, disposed in a single series on the anterior half of the 

 jaw, and in a double one on the posterior ; the two hindmost 

 teeth, again, are single. The infraorbital ring is composed of six 

 bones ; there is no groove on the middle of the interorbital space, 

 and no crest on the supraoccipital. The angular bone of the 

 mandibula is more distinct than is observed in adult specimens 

 of Anarrhichas lupus, but this may vary in different individuals. 



3. BLENNIUS*. 



Blennius, Artedi, Gmera, p. 26. 



Blennius et Pholis, Cziv. 8f Val. xi. pp. 197, 268. 



Body moderately elongate, naked ; snout short. A single dorsal, 



* 1. Blennius ruber, Cuv.Sf Val. xi. p. 211. — Atlantic. 



2. insqualis, Cuv. ^ Val. xi. p. 230 ; Guicken. Explor. Algtr. Poiss. p. 71 . 



pi. 4. fig. 3.— Mediterranean. 3. 



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