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THE SEA WO If, 
Section III, 
Genus XVI —l%e Sea Wolf* 
.This voracious filh inhabits the northern parts of the a* 
cean ; it is found on the coafts of Ireland +, Greenland, and 
Norway, but feldom venturesfartherfouththanthofe parts 
of the German Ocean which wadi the fhores of Britain X 
and Holland. The back, fins, and fides, are of an azure 
hue ; towards the belly it is white, and the whole flii» 
is frnooth §. 
What particularly diftinguiihes this animal, is its larg 3 
mouth, and formidable teeth ; the fore teeth are ten ot 
twelve inhumber upon each jaw, round, conic and lharp > 
behind thefe are the grinders, round and flat, about twen- 
ty-four in numbeF ; upon the bones of the palate are thre 
rows of fimilar teeth. There is no fifli feems more com' 
pletely armed for devaftation than the fea-wolf, 311 
none more willing to ufe the inflruments with which u a 
ture has fupplieid it ; it will gnaw even the anchor of a 
fhip, fo that the noife is heard above ; the marks of ltJ 
teeth are plainly difcernible on weighing it up j[. 
The 
* Anarhicas Lnpns. Lin. Syft. Cat-fifh, Sibbald. 
f It is there called Steinbeiffer, 1 Schonf. 45. 
3 Brit. Zool. Clafsiv. gen. 13, II Will, p- r $<& 
