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Family CC. CRYPTACANTHODIDiE. The Wry-mouths. 



Genus 892. DELOLEPIS Bean. 



Delolepis Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 465 {viryatiix). 



2725. Delolepls virgatus Beau. 



Coasts of British Columbia and southern Alaska, south to Puget Sound. 

 Delolepls virgatus Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 466, Kingcombe Inlet, 

 British Columbia, and Port Wrangel, Alaska. 



Genus 893. CRYPTACANTHODES Storer. 



Cri/ptavanthodes Storer, Rept. Fishes Massachusetts, 28, 1839 (maculatus). 



2726. Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer. 



North Atlantic, south to Cape Cod. 



Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer, Rejit. Fish. Mass., 28, 18.39, Massachusetts. 



Genus 894. LYCONECTES Gilbert. 



Lyconectes Gilbert, Rept. V. S. Fish Com. 1893 (1896), 446 {aleutensis). 



2727. Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert. 



Aleutian Islauds. 



Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert, Rept. U. S. Fish Com. 1893 (1896), 446. pi. 34, 

 near Unalaska. 



Family CCI. ANARHICHADIDiE. The Wolf-Fishes. 



Genus 895. ANARHICHAS (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



Anarhichax (Artedi) Liunii-us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 247, 1758 (lupus). 



Subgenus ANARHICHAS Liuuieuis. 



2728. Aiiarhichas lupus Liuna-us. Wolf-fish. 



North Atlantic, south to Cape Cod and France; rather common in America 



and Europe. 

 Anarhichas lupus Linmeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 247, 1758, no definite locality. 



2729. Anarhichas minor Olafsen. 



North Atlantic, on both coasts, chieliy north of the Arctic Circle. 

 Anarrhichaa minor Olafsen, Reise in Island, 592, 1772, Iceland. 



2730. Anarhichas lepturus Beau. 



Alaska. 



Anarrhichaa lepturus Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ii, 1879, 212, St. Michaels, 

 Alaska. 



2731. Anarhichas orientalis Pallas. 



Alaska. 



Anarrhichas orientalis Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., iii, 77, 1811, Alaska. 



Subgi'iius LYCICHTHIS Gill. 



Lycichthys Gill, Ann. Record Sci. Indus. 1876 (1877), p. clxvii (latifrons). 



2732. Anarhichas latifrons Steeustrup & Hallgrimsson. 



North Atlantic, on both coasts; chiefly north of the Arctic Circle (Europe). 

 Anarrhichas latifrons Steeustrup & Hallgrimsson, Forh. Skand. Naturf., 3 

 die Mote, 1842, G47. 



Genus 896. ANARRHICHTHYS Ayres. 



Anarrhichthys Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., i, 1855, 32 (ocellatus). 



2733. Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres. 



Pacific Coast, from Monterey north to Puget Sound. 



Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., i, 1855, 31, Sau Francisco. 



