THE 
PANTHER ANARHICHAS. 
Generic Character, 
Head rather obtuse. 
Fore- Teeth both above and below conical, di¬ 
vergent, strong, six or more in number. 
Grinders in the lower jaw and palate rounded. 
Gill Membrane six-rayed. 
Body roundish: tail-fin distinct. 
Specific Character, &r. 
Yellow W olf-Fish, with rounded brown spots. 
The Panther Wolfi-Fish. 
This species, which measures about three feet in 
length, seems to have been first described in the 
Petersburg Transactions. The body is subcylin- 
diic, ventricose, and lanceolate, gradually decreas¬ 
ing from the middle of the abdomen, where it is 
thickest, to the tail. It is naked, slippery, and 
beset in place of scales with small points of the. 
same colour with the skin, which is thick and 
strong, and of a deep yellow, marked throughout 
the whole body except the under pajt, as well as on 
