Anarchias Jordan and Starks, 1906
Body very elongate, rather slender, scaleless. Head short; anterior nostril tubular, posterior nostril a small pore adjacent to the last supra-orbital pore and separated only by a septum. Teeth conical, strong on jaws and vomer. Gill openings restricted to a small, roundish, lateral pore. Dorsal and anal fins rudimentary, confined to posterior end of body; pectoral and pelvic fins absent.
See family for biology, etc.
Species about 8; in Clofnam area 1.
Recent revisions: Blache (1967, 1971, 1975, 1977 on a regional basis only).
Species of this genus in the program:
Anarchias euryurus