DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 



301 



A single small specimen, about 30 millimeters in lengtb, was obtained at station 86(5, 

 in 65 tatboms, believed to be tbe young of Anarrhkhm lupus, ucver before recorded south 

 of (Jape Cod. 



ANARRHICIIAS MINOR, Olafsen. (Figure 270.) 



Jiian-liichaa minor, Olafsen, Reise i Ishuid, 1772, 683ft, 592, tab. 42.— STEKXSTUur, Viilcnsk. Medild. Naturb. 



Forcu. Kjobenbavn, 1876.— Beax, Pioe. U. S. Nat. Mils., ii. 187!), 217.— Collhit, Foibaudl. Vi(b-u,sk. 



Selsk. Cbristiania, 1880, 45.— Lilueuorc, Sverig. og Norges Flske, 540.— Guntuek, Clialluuger Report 



x.vii, 1887, 70. 

 Anan-hirlius jHiiitheriiius, ZriEW, Nov. Aet. Petrop., 1781, 271, tab. h. 

 Anarrhii-hds karrak, Bonnatkrke, Icbthyologie, 1788, 88. 

 Anarrhkhas leopardiis, Agassiz, iu Si>ix. Pise. Bras., 1829, 92, tab. li. 



A species with many large, round, black spots. The vomerine teeth extend nearly or 

 quite as far back as the pahitinc. 



It occurs both along the shores and iu the deep water. The Fish (Jommissiou has spcci- 

 uieus from off the mouth of Gloucester Harbor aud from Eastport, Me. It has also been 

 found off Norway at a depth of 200 fathoms. 



ANARRHICHAS LATIFRONS, Steensthup and Hallgrimsson. (Figure 271.) 



Anarrhichas latifrons, Stp. aud Hallgr., Fiirh. Skaud. Natiirf., 3dio Mote, 1842, 647.— Collett, Vid. Sid.sk. 



Forli., Cbristiania, 1879, No. 1, 46, pi. II.— Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu8. ii, 1879, p. 218.— Lilljeborg, 



o]>. cit. 540.— (Jt'NTHER, Cballenger Report xxii, 1887, 71. 

 Anarrhichas {Lycichtki/a) laiifrons, Gill, Baird's Ami. Rec. S. aud I. for 1876 (1877), CLXVii. 

 Anarrhichas (Uniiciilatus, Kkoyer, Overs. Vidonsk. Selsk. Kjiilieubavu, 1844, p. 140. — Gai.mard, Voy. en 



Scaud., etc., Zoiil., Poiss., 1845, pi. 12. 



A brown form, obscurely spotted with darker patches. The vomerine teetli do not ex- 

 tend nearly so tar back as the palatines. 



TABLE OF MEASURE.MENTS. 

 Species: Anarrhichas latifrons, Stp. 



Current number of Hpecimen . 



LocalitT . 



Colli'ft'a m«'asnre- 

 nients, Chrci. Viil. 

 Selsk. Forh., 1879, 

 Ko. 1, p. 51. 



Oxfjord, West Fin- 

 mark. 



Banquereau. 



Extreme length 



Length to oriifin of middle caudal ray.s 



Body: 



Greatest height 



Greate.st width 



Distance of anus from snout 



Height at anal origin 



Least height of tail 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Greatest width 



Width of interorhital area 



Length of snout 



Length of postorbital part of head 



Length of npperjaw ^" 



Length of mandiijle 



Distance from snout to center of orbit - 



Diameter of eye 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first r<ay 



Length of longest rav (6yd) 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base , 



Length of fi rst ray 



Length of longest ray (38th) 



Caudal: 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Dorsal .'. 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Milli- 

 meters. 



lOOtha of 

 length. 



0.56 

 608 



318 

 130 

 21 



120 

 78 

 29 



■u 



75 

 57 



136 

 75 

 77 

 45 

 18 



Milli- 

 meters. 



IIOS 

 1048 



255 

 97 



21.38 

 3.45 



19.74 

 !2.8:i 

 4.78 

 5.59 



239 

 44 



192 

 116 

 57 

 68 



9.37 



7.24 

 3.29 



22.37 

 12. 34 



101 

 111 



85 

 27 



205 



875 



22 



68 



590 



455 



20 



CO 

 53 



220 

 126 

 77 

 40 

 17 

 20 



lOOths of 

 length. 



24.33 

 9.25 



23 

 4. 19 



18.32 

 11.05 

 5.44 

 6.49 



9. 64 

 10. 59 

 8.11 

 2.58 



19.56 



2. 10 

 6.49 



1.91 



4. 96 



5. 73 

 5.06 



21 



12. 02 



• Thc^ palatine series of teeth iu No. 21845 extends much farther back than the vomerine and is nearly or <iuite twice as long 

 as the latter. 



