Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Plettet havkat
Common Names in Dutch:
Gevlekte zeewolf
Common Names in English:
Catfish, Spotted sea cat, Spotted sea catfish, Spotted wolf, Spotted wolf-fish, spotted wolffish
Common Names in Faroese:
Liri
Common Names in Finnish:
Kirjomerikissa
Common Names in French:
Blennie-Loup Tachet, Loup Tachet, loup tacheté, loup tacheté
Common Names in German:
Gefleckter Katfisch, Gefleckter Seewolf
Common Names in Greenlandic:
Qeeraq milattooq
Common Names in Icelandic:
Hl, Hlári, Hlýri
Common Names in Inuktitut:
Kaerrak, Kêrak, KÍrak, Qêraq, QÍraq
Common Names in Italian:
Bavosa lupa
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
花狼魚, 花狼鱼
Common Names in Norwegian:
Flekksteinbit
Common Names in Polish:
Zebacz pstry
Common Names in Portuguese:
Peixe-lobo malhado, Peixe-lobo-malhado
Common Names in Russian:
зубатка пятнистая
Common Names in Spanish:
Perro chico, Perro pintado
Common Names in Swedish:
Fl, Fläckig havkatt, Fläckig havskatt
Description
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth
In Barents sea , it reached at least 80 cm, age 9 years. Males are commonly 120 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 180 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Inhabits offshore waters over soft bottoms , often with boulders , from 25-590 m , but most common from 100-400 m. May be found at depths of 25 to 600 meters. Usually found at depths of 100 to 400 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,052 meters (0 to -10,013 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Feeds mainly on echinoderms , but also crustaceans, mollusks and fishes [2].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Zoarcoidei
()
- Family:
Anarhichadidae
()
- Genus:
Anarhichas
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
minor
- Olafsen, 1772
- Scientific name: - Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772
- Specific name:
minor
- Olafsen, 1772
- Genus:
Anarhichas
(
- Family:
Anarhichadidae
(
- Suborder:
Zoarcoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Anarhichas karrak Bonnaterre • Anarhichas leopardus Agassiz • Anarhichas maculatus Bloch & Schneider • Anarhichas scansor Bloch & Schneider • Anarhichas steenstrupii Gill • Anarrhichas pantherinus Zuiew
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Olafsen, E. Reise Igiennem Island - I. Soroe,
1772.
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)
More Info
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Further Reading
- A checklist of Canadian Atlantic fishes with keys for identification / Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1965 url p. 15, p. 73.
- A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 43.
- An annotated catalogue of the fishes of Maine. Portland, Me., 1914. url p. 141, p. 166, p. 63.
- An ecological characterization of Coastal Maine (north and east of Cape Elizabeth) / Stewart I. Fefer and Patricia S. Schettig: principal investigators. Newton Corner, Mass.: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, 1980. url .
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 147, p. 150, p. 161, p. 163, p. 164, p. 165, p. 166, p. 176, p. 177, p. 197, p. 202, p. 206, p. 212, p. 217, p. 281.
- Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 5.
- Check list of the fishes of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland. Ottawa, Printed by C. H. Parmelee, 1913. url .
- Contributions to Canadian biology. Toronto, Biological Board of Canada. url p. 54, p. 66.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url , p. 1064, p. 35.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 201, p. 203, p. 214, p. 29, p. 548, p. 551, p. 567, p. 708, p. 92.
- Fauna of New England, 8. List of the pisces, by William C. Kendall. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the G. Saltonstall Fund, 1908. url p. 135.
- Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. url .
- Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url , p. 335, p. 507, p. 508.
- Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder. Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1953. url , p. 507.
- Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. By Henry B. Bigelow. .. and William W. Welsh. .. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1925. url p. 5.
- Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 2446.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 11, p. 9.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 267.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 423, p. 430, p. 558.
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 December 09, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
- 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
- Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
- Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119846
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29626
- Fishbase Species ID: 3811
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14581696
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 171342
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCSD01030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102001
Footnotes
- Mean = -394.380 meters (-1,293.898 feet), Standard Deviation = 392.270 based on 3,735 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Barsukov, V.V. (1986). Anarhichadidae. p. 1113-1116. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. [back]
