in ichthyology, a genus of fishes of the order of apodes. The head of the anarichas is a little obtuse; the teeth are thick set and roundish. The five fore ones, both above and below, are conical and diverging; the inferior and palate molares are round; the branchioïte membrane has five rays; the body is somewhat cylindrical; the tail-fin is distinct. There is one species of this genus, viz., the anarichas lupus, or sea-wolf. It grows generally to four or five feet in length. The lapis bufonites or lycodentes is the teeth of the anarichas petrified. It is a native of the northern coast of England.