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aa. Dorsal spines 80 to 85; body without bands or spots; vomerine teeth extending 

 farther backward than palatine band. 



d. Head moderate, 4J in length; caudal rays 20; upper canines 4. 



LEPTURCS, 2804. 



dd. Head very large ; caudal rays 17 ; upper canines 6. 



ORIENT ALIS, 2805. 



2801. ANARHICHAS LATIFROXS, Steenstrup & Hallgrimossn . 



Head 5; depth 4. D. LXVII; A. 45. Body more robust than A. lupus, 

 the dorsal fin lower. Head broad, the profile not strongly decurved ; teeth 

 much smaller than in A. lupus; vomerine teeth not extending nearly as 

 far back as the palatine series. Pectorals f length of head; dorsal fin 

 not very high, beginning above the gill opening, the longest spine less 

 than head; caudal 2| in head. Brown, obscurely spotted with darker ; 

 the sides without dark bars or black spots. (Collett.) North Atlantic on 

 both coasts, chiefly north of the Arctic Circle, south to Banquereau 011 our 

 coast. (Eu.) (latm, broad; frons, forehead.) 



Anarrhichas latifrons, STEENSTRUP & HALLGRIMSSON, Fo'rh. Skand. Naturf. 3 die Mote 

 1842, 647; BEAN.Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., II, 1879, 218; COLLETT, Meddelsk. Norges Fiske 

 1879, 46 ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 782, 1883 ; GOODE &BEAN, Oceanic Ichthyology, 

 301, fig. 271, 1896. 



Anarrhichas denticulatus, KROYER, Overs. Vidensk. Selsk. Kjob. 1844, 140. 



2802. ANARHICHAS MINOR, Olafsen. 



Head 5; depth 5^. D. LXXVIII; A. 46. Form of AnarJtichas lupus 

 or a little more slender; fins similarly formed, the dorsal a little lower. 

 Vomerine teeth extending nearly or quite as far back as the palatines. 

 Body pale olivaceous or yellowish; sides without vertical bars ; round, 

 black spots covering dorsal and caudal fins as well as back and sides down 

 to the level of the pectoral; head spotted; belly immaculate. North At- 

 lantic, on both coasts, chiefly north of the Arctic Circle, south to Eastport, 

 Maine; Gloucester; and Norway. (Eu.) (minor, smaller.) 



Anarrhichas minor, OLAFSEN, Eeise i Island, 592, 1772, Iceland. 



Anarrhichas pantherinus, ZUIEW, Nov. Act. Petrop. 1781, 271; BEAN, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. 



Mus., n, 1879, 217 ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 781, 1883 ; GOODE <fc BEAN, Oceanic 



Ichthyology, 301, fig. 270, 1896. 



Anarrhichas karrak, BONNATERRE, Encycl. Ichth., 38, 1788, Iceland; after OLAFSEN. 

 Anarrhichas maculatus, BLOCK & SCHNEIDER, Syst. Ichth., 496, 1801, Iceland; after 



OLAFSEN. 

 Anarrhichas leopardus, AOASSlzin SPIX, Pise. Brasil., tab. 51, 1829, "Atlantic Ocean." 



2803. \ Y\ 1(11 ICII As LUPUS, Linnasus. 

 ( WOLF-FISH.) 



Head 6; depth 5. D. LXII; A. 42. Maxillary reaching beyond orbit; 

 band of vomerine teeth extending much farther back than the short 

 palatine band. Pectorals large, rounded, length of head. Dorsal 

 high, beginning over the gill opening, its longest rays about length 

 of head. Brownish or bluish gray; sides with numerous (9 to 12) very 

 dark transverse bars, which are continued on the dorsal fin ; besides these 



