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strong molar teeth, which shut against a series of very coarse 

 molars on palatines. Vomer soHd, armed with strong molar 

 teeth, dentition adapted for crushing sea-urchins and mollusks. 

 Gill-membranes broadly united to isthmus. No pyloric coeca. 

 Body covered with rudimentary scales. Head scaleless, without 

 cirri. No lateral line. Dorsal fin high, composed entirely of 

 flexible spines. Pectoral fins broad, placed low. No ventral fins. 

 Large carnivorous fishes of- northern seas. 



Genus Anarhichas Linnaeus. 



The Wolf Fishes. 

 Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus. 



Wolf Fish. 

 Distinguished by its heavy, powerful muzzle, the vomerine 



Wolf Fish. Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus. 



teeth extending much farther back than short band oi palatine 

 teeth, and fewer radii in vertical fins. 



I have never seen any New Jersey examples of this large 

 voracious fish. It is not valued as food, and reaches 4 feet in 

 length. It is included on Dr. Abbott reference. 



Anarrhicas lupus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 818. 



Family ZOARCIDiE. 



The Eel Pouts. 



Body elongate, more or less eel-shaped. Head large, bones 

 unarmed. Mouth large, with conical teeth in jaws, and some- 



