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which widens in front, bearing a socket for the relatively strong ascending processes of the 

 premaxillffi. The more technical characters of this skull, as given by Tate Regan (1912^, 

 p. 275 (Blennioids)) tend to ally it with the Blenniidae. 



The skull (Fig. 255) of the wolf-eel {Anarhichas) likewise shows relationships to those 

 of Blennius and Zoarces but is modified for the support of the massive caniniform front 



pmx 

 meth 



C Anarhichas 



pmi. 



A Clinus 



Fig. 254. A. Clinus. B. Zoarces. C. Anarhichas. Top views. 



