208 RLENNTID^:. 



1. ANARRHICHAS. 



Anarrhichas, Artedi, Genera, p. 23. 



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

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

 the sides with several pointed tubercles ; a biserial band of molars 

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

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

 branchiostegals seven ; air-bladder and pyloric appendages absent. 



Northern parts of the temperate seas of the northern hemisphere. 



1. Anarrhichas lupus. 



Anarrhichas (Scansor), Gesner, Nomend. Aquai. Animant. p. 116, and 



Paralip. p. 4 ; Artedi, Gen. p. 23 ; Olmr. Gottorff. Kuhstkammer, 



taf. 27. fig. 2 ; Gronov. Zoophyl. n. 400, and Mus. Ichthyol. n. 44. 

 Lupus marinus, Schonev. p. 46. tab. 5 ; Jonston, tab. 47. fig. 2 ; Wil- 



luffhby, p. 130. tab. H. 3. fig. 1 ; Ray, j^. 40. 

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



Faun. Suec. p. 315 ; Fahr. Faun. Gronl p. 138. n. 97 ; Mohr, Isl. 



Natur. Hist. p. 63. n. 114 ; Andre, Phil. Tram. 1784, p. 274. tab. 11 ; 



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



p. 40 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1142 ; Bl. Fische DeutscM. iii. p. 25. taf. 74 ; 



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



Oread, p. 187 ; Cuv. B^gne Anim. ; Faher, Fische Isl. p. 70 ; Donov. 



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



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



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



1st edit. i. p. 247, 2nd edit. i. p. 277, 3rd edit. ii. p. 384 ; Parn. 



Wern. Mem. vii. p. 3-39; Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 473. pi. 341; Cuv. 



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



Zool. Poiss. pi. 4 ; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 188 ; Gaitnard, Voy. 



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



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

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

 Anarhichas non maculatus, Olafs. Isltpnd. Reise, § 683 a. 

 minor, Olafs. Islcend. Reise, § 683 b. tab. 42 ; Miill. Prodr. Zool. 



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



Hist. p. 64. n. 115 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1143 ; 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. 133. pi. 24, and edit. 1812, 



iii. p. 201. pi. 27. 

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

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



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

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

 Anarrhichas maculatus, Bl. Schn. p. 496. 



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



leopardus, Agass. in Spix, Pise. Bras. p. 92. tab. 51 (artificially 



deformed) ; Cuv. ^ Val. xi. p. 493. 

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



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



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



