Anarhichas lupus

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Overview

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Inhabit rocky bottoms , sometimes over sand or mud , from 1-500 m. May be found at depths of 1 to 500 meters. Usually found at depths of 18 to 110 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,082 meters (0 to -16,673 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Diet

Feeds on hard-shelled mollusks, crabs, lobsters, sea urchins and other echinoderms .

Behavior

Solitary in habit[2].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anarhichas lupus marisalbi Barsukov • Anarhichas strigosus Gmelin • Anarhichas vomerinus Agassiz

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 07-May-1998

Similar Species

Members of the genus Anarhichas

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. denticulatus (Northern Wobbegong) · A. lepturus (Alaska Wolffish) · A. lupus (Atlantic Tripletail) · A. minor (Spotted Sea Catfish) · A. orientalis (Bering Wolffish)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gulf of Maine Bottom Trawl Survey Data
• (USOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - Marine Birds, Mammals, and Fishes
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Fishes
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Swedish Board of Fisheries
• - Institute of Coastal Research

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119845
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29625
• Fishbase Species ID: 2501
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2279155
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 171341
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCSD01020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102000

Footnotes

1. Mean = -311.090 meters (-1,020.636 feet), Standard Deviation = 398.850 based on 10,641 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Frimodt, C. (1995). Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial coldwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, England. 215 p. [back]

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