Wishes, apodal. 5. AnarWchas. 713 
inhabits Northern feas ; grows to 15 feet long ; is a moft raven- 
ous and fierce fi{h, and will faften on any thing within its 
reach; feeds on leffer flaell-filh, which it grinds to pieces 
with its teeth and fwallows fhells.and all ; moves fiowly and 
with fomething of a terpentine motion ; the grinders are otten 
found foflil, and are called toad-ftones ; the flefla is good, 
but not often eaten. 
jSody long, mucous, compreffed; thick, tough, and covere 
with minute deep-feated fcales ; head llrong, Hoping on the 
fore-part; large; ii>r ftrong, membranaceous; each 
jaw formed of 2 bones joined by a cartilage; behind the/ore- 
teeth is a row of lefler ones ; tongue fhort, obtufe, fmooth ; 
eyes oblong, pnpiLhhck, iris filvery; vent large, nearer the 
head than the tail. 
Dorf.-jy. pe^.zo: an.gS-- eaud. 13— 18 rays. 
blackifli-afli ; 
teeth cartilaginous, more 
Lefer JV. 
Lefs ; body 
pointed. 
Inhabits the Greenland feas. r ui . .c .. 
Eyes large, feated near the top of the head, which referables that 
■^ofadog; woutA large ; tot/i each jaw, each fide 3, Ihaip, 
ftrong, unenual, with 2 leffer in the antenor fpace between 
them ; dorfat fin beginning from ‘he neck, 
vent, both ending before they reach the tail; peaoral fins 
broad with divided rays. 
Dorf, yo : peEl. 20: an, 44 : caud. 21 rays. 
Body covered with round brown fpots. Paniher JV. 
Inhabits the Northern and frozen feas: above 3 feet long; is 
mucous, inffated, yellowilh, and fpnnkled over with dots in 
the place of fcales. ^ 
Head fubglobular; lips doubled; woutA large; with 7 
teeth- eyes largilh, dillant; aperture ef the gills lunate, 
ftraitened, the coders confifting of 2 pieces; back convex at 
firff and gradually floping, fn beginning 4 inches irom the 
nape and ending at the tip of the tail; peBored^ns ve^ 
brwd and rounded ; vent near the middle of the body ; tau 
lanceoUte. Dorf. 67 : piB, 20: an. 44: ' 
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