Fishes . ^^^^^^ss^:^ Fig 634^^Wolf-fish, Anarhiclias lupus (L.). Georges Bank. The species are large, powerful, voracious fishes, known aswolf-fishes. Anarhichas lupus is the common wolf-fish of thenorth Atlantic, reaching a length of four to six feet, the body. Fig. 635 —Skull of Anarrhichihys ocellatus Ayres. marked by dark cross-bands. Other similar species are foundboth in the north Pacific and north Atlantic. Anarhichaslepturus, plain brown in color, is common about the AleutianIslands. 728 . The Blennies: Blenniidaj In the wolf-eel {Anarrhichthys ocellatus) of the coast of Cali-fornia, t
Fishes . ^^^^^^ss^:^ Fig 634^^Wolf-fish, Anarhiclias lupus (L.). Georges Bank. The species are large, powerful, voracious fishes, known aswolf-fishes. Anarhichas lupus is the common wolf-fish of thenorth Atlantic, reaching a length of four to six feet, the body. Fig. 635 —Skull of Anarrhichihys ocellatus Ayres. marked by dark cross-bands. Other similar species are foundboth in the north Pacific and north Atlantic. Anarhichaslepturus, plain brown in color, is common about the AleutianIslands. 728 . The Blennies: Blenniidaj In the wolf-eel {Anarrhichthys ocellatus) of the coast of Cali-fornia, the head is formed as in Anarhichas but the body isband-shaped, being drawn out into a very long and taperingtail. This species, which is often supposed to be a sea-serpent,sometimes reaches a length of eight feet. It is used for feeds on sea-urchins and sand-dollars {Echinarachinius)which it readily crushes with its tremendous teeth. The skull of a fossil genus, Lapanis {alticeps), with a resem-:blance to Anarhichas, is recorded from the Eocene of England. The Eel-pouts: Zoarcidae.—The remaining blenny-like formslack fin spines, agreeing in this respect with the codfishes andtheir allies. In all of the latter, however, the hypercoracoidis imp
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