CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 755 



ANARRHIOHAS, L. 

 A. lupus, L. {vomerinus, Stor.) Wolf-fish. 



Body elongate, covered with rudimentary scales ; head com- 

 pressed, scaleless, narrow above profile ; decurved strongly ; 

 mouth wide, oblique; jaws with strong teeth in front; vomer 

 thick, with two series of molars ; palatines similarly ; no lateral 

 line ; dorsal all spines, high ; no ventrals ; pectorals broad, low 

 down ; color brown, with nine to twelve dark bars on sides, also 

 spots, &c. ; fins dark ; caudal tipped with reddish. Dorsal rays, 

 LXII ; anal rays, 42. 



" Not unfrequently met with, but they are nowhere along our 

 coast abundant." 



Family LYCODID^. 



Eelpouts. 



Body eel shaped ; head large ; mouth large, with conical teeth ; 

 bones of head unarmed ; pseudobranchs present ; dorsal and anal fins 

 very long, without spines, not separate from caudal ; pectorals small ; 

 ventrals rudimentary, j agular ; lateral line nearly or quite obsolete ; 

 viviparous, living on bottom of sea. 



ZOARCES, Cuv. 



Z. anguillaris, Peck {Enchelyopus, labrosus, fimbriatus; Blennius ciliatus, 

 the large-mouthed variety). Eelpout. Mutton-fish. Mother 

 of Eels. Conger Eelpout. 



Reddish brown, mottled with olive ; dorsal marked with 

 darker ; pectorals two-thirds length of head ; ventrals one-fifth 

 head; some short spines in posterior part of dorsal. Dorsal rays, 

 95, XVIII, 17 ; anal rays, 105 ; length 20 inches. Anguillaris 

 and oiliatus are by some treated as distinct species. 



" Quite abundant in early spring, found associated with the 

 common cod." 



