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.

Rudolf Svensen, Norwegen

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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)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-05-08 19:28:14
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

Limited population structure in Northern and Spotted Wolffishes (Anarhichas denticulatusandA. minor) despite low apparent dispersal potential, Megan R. McCusker; Paul Bentzen, 2011
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
Jellycat Anarhichas denticulatus Kröyer, D. T. G. Quigley and K. Flannery, 1993

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