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Anarhichas denticulatus Northern wolffish

Anarhichas denticulatusis commonly referred to as Northern wolffish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
5430 
AphiaID:
126757 
Scientific:
Anarhichas denticulatus 
German:
Blaue Seewolf, Wasserkatze 
English:
Northern Wolffish 
Category:
Wolffish 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Anarhichadidae (Family) > Anarhichas (Genus) > denticulatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Krøyer, 1845 
Occurrence:
Russland, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Canada , Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
60 - 1700 Meter 
Size:
up to 70.87" (180 cm) 
Weight:
20 kg 
Temperature:
-2,0 °F - 5,00 °F (-2,0°C - 5,00°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Hydrozoa polyps, Invertebrates, Jellyfish, Snails, Starfishs, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-01 18:47:56 

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Krøyer, 1845

Depth: 60 to 900 meters.

Feed on benthic invertebrates like sea gooseberries, medusas, small fishes, also echinoderms, crustaceans and mollusks.

Fisheries: of no interest.

Synonyms:
Anarhichas latifrons Steenstrup & Hallgrimsson, 1876 (synonym)
Lycichthys denticulatus (Krøyer, 1845)
Lycichthys fortidens Gill, 1911
Lycichthys parvodens Lühmann, 1954
Lycichthys paucidens Gill, 1905

Scientific paper

  1. Limited population structure in Northern and Spotted Wolffishes (Anarhichas denticulatusandA. minor) despite low apparent dispersal potential, Megan R. McCusker; Paul Bentzen, 2011
  2. Bogue Boops boops (L.), Jellycat Anarhichas denticulatus Kroyer and Greater Weever Trachinus draco L. in Irish Waters, 2003-2004, D. T. G. Quigley and K. Flannery, 2006
  3. Jellycat Anarhichas denticulatus Kröyer, D. T. G. Quigley and K. Flannery, 1993

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