ANARHICHAS. WOLF-FISH. 



Generic Character. 



Caput obtusiusculum. 

 Denies primores supra in- 



fraque conici,divergentes, 



sex pluresve. 



Molares inferiores palatique 



rotundati. 

 Membr: branchiostegai^iis 



sex. 

 Corpus teretiusculum. Pinna 



caudae distincta. 



Head rather obtuse. 

 Fore-Teeth both above and 



below conical, divergent, 



strong, six or more in 



number. 

 Grinders in the lower jaw 



and palate rounded. 

 Gill-Membrane six-rayed. 



Body roundish. Tail-fin dis- 

 tinct. 



COMMON WOLF-FISH. 



Anarhichas Lupus. A. lwidus,fascus transversisfuscis. 

 Livid Wolf-Fish, with transverse brown bands. 

 Anarhichas Lupus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 430. 

 Anarhichas dentibus osseis. Block. 3. p. 18. t. 74. 

 Ravenous Wolf-fish. Penn. Erit. Zooh 3. p. 157. pi 24. 



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KNOW not that any thing material can be added 

 to the descriptions of this fish by Mr. Pennant and 

 Dr. Bloch. The former, in his British Zoology, in- 

 forms us that it is confined to the northern regions 

 of the globe, being met with in the seas of Green- 



