A 
378 Storer on the 
Natica triseriata, and consolidata ; Bulla tritacea, 
and Tellina sordida. 
ANamnHiCHas. Lin. 
Generic characters. Head smooth, rounded in 
form, muzzle obtuse ; body elongated, covered with 
minute scales ; dorsal and anal fins long, distinct 
from the caudal; no ventral fins: teeth of two 
kinds; those in front elongated, curved, pointed ; 
the others on the vomer, as also on the jaws, trunca- 
ted, or slightly rounded : branchiostegous rays 6. 
A. lupus. L. The Wolf Fish. Cat Fish. 
Pennant’s British Zoology, vol. iii. p. 133, et fig. 
Strack’s plates, 21, fig, 2. 
Mc Murtrie’s Cuy. vol. ii. p. 177. 
Yarrell’s British Fishes, vol. i., p. 247, et fig. 
Richardson’s Fauna, p. 95. 
This ferocious species is captured about rocky 
ledges at all seasons of the year, although greater 
numbers are taken in winter than at any other time. 
The cusk rocks, between Boston and Cape Ann, are 
a favorite resort of this fish. Its hideous appearance 
renders it an object of such disgust, that it is not 
unfrequently thrown away as soon as caught. By 
many of our fishermen, however, it is regarded as 
excellent food, and thought to be scarcely inferior 
to that of any of our fishes; specimens weighing 
from five to ten pounds are very delicate when fried 
or boiled. I have had this fish upon my table: few 
fish are superior to it when broiled. 
