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Family CC. CRYPTACANTHODIDiE. The "Wry-mouths. 



Genus 892. DELOLEPIS Bean. 



Delolepis Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 46.5 (rirgdtiiH). 



2725. Delolepis virgatus Bean. 



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

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

 British Columbia, and Port Wrangel, Alaska. 



Genus 893. CRYPTACANTHODES Storer. 



Cri/piacauthodes Storer, Rept. Fishes Massachusetts, 28, 1839 {maculatus). 



2726. Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer. 



North Atlantic, south to Cape Cod. 



Cryptacanthodes rnacHlatus Storer, Rept. Fish. Mass., 28, 1839, Massachusetts. 



Genus 894. LYCONECTES Gilbert. 



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



2727. Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert. 



Aleutian Islands. 



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

 near Unalaska. 



Family CCI. ANARHICHADIDiE. The Wolf-Pishes. 



Genus 895. ANARHICHAS (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



Anarhichas (Artedi) Liuu;eus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 247, 1758 (lupus). 



Subgenus AXABHICHAS Liuiiieus. 



2728. Anarhichas lupus Linu;eus. Wolf-fish. 



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



and Europe. 

 Anarhichas lupus Linn;eus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 247, 1758, no definite locality. 



2729. Anarhichas minor Olafsen. 



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

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



2730. Anarhichas lepturus Bean. 



Alaska. 



Anarrhichas lepturus Bean, 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. 



Subgenus LYCICHTHYS Gill. 



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



2732. Anarhichas latifrons Steenstrup & Hallgrimsson. 



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

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

 die Mote, 1842, 047. 



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., t, 1855, 31, San Francisco. 



