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Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845

Description

Coloration bluish-black with indistinct spots on the sides. Flesh soft and watery (Ref. 35388).

Common Names

  • قرُّوس هُلامي , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Blå havkat , Danish , Denmark
  • Bredpandet havkat , Danish , Denmark
  • Blue sea cat , English , UK
  • Blue sea-cat , English , UK
  • Jelly-cat , English , UK
  • Northern wolffish , English , Canada
  • Northern wolffish , English , USA
  • Northern wolffish , English , UK
  • Sinine merihunt , Estonian , Estonia
  • Blágóma , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Blágómur , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Blágumma , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Leveäotsainen merikissa , Finnish , Finland
  • Sinimerikissa , Finnish , Finland
  • Loup à tête large , French , Canada
  • Loup gélatineux , French , Global
  • Loup gélatineux , French , France
  • Blauer Katfisch , German , Germany
  • Blauer Seewolf , German , Germany
  • Wasserkatze , German , Germany
  • Najorpaligarsuaq , Greenlandic , Greenland
  • Blágóma , Icelandic , Iceland
  • Kêrak , Inuktitut , Greenland
  • Qêraq , Inuktitut , Greenland
  • Bavosa lupa , Italian , Italy
  • 北方狼鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小齒大狼鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小齒狼魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小齿大狼鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小齿狼鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 少齒大狼鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 少齿大狼鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 強齒大狼鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 强齿大狼鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 蓝狼鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 藍狼魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 金大狼鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Blåsteinbit , Norwegian , Norway
  • Flekksteinbit , Norwegian , Norway
  • Zebacz czarny , Polish , Poland
  • Peixe-lobo , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Peixe-lobo-azul , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Sinyaya zubatka , Russian , Russia
  • вдовица , Russian , Russia
  • Ploskoglavi ostrigar , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Lobo , Spanish , Spain
  • Lobo , Spanish , Spain
  • Blå havkatt , Swedish , Sweden
  • Blå havskatt , Swedish , Sweden
  • Blu stenbit , Swedish , Sweden
  • Mavi deniz kedisi , Turkish , Turkey
  • Зубатка , Ukrainian , Ukraine
  • Зубатка синя , Ukrainian , Ukraine
  • Morflaidd brith danheddog , Welsh , UK Engld Wal

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei

    Family: Anarhichadidae

    Genus: Anarhichas

    Species: Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845

    Climate Zone

  • oceanodromous

    • Location

  • North Atlantic: Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, Barents and Norwegian seas, the Shetlands, the Faeroes, Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland; also known occasionally in northern North Sea and Skaggerak and south to Bay of Biscay. Western Atlantic: Arctic, from Prince Patrick Island to Sable Island off Nova Scotia and Grand Banks in Canada (Ref. 7251).

    • Biology

    Inhabits offshore waters in midwater; adults also near bottom from 60-970 m, mainly 100-900 m (Ref. 4694). Epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on sea gooseberries, medusas, small fishes, also echinoderms, crustaceans and mollusks (not so hard-shelled) (Ref. 4694). Spawns at great depths (Ref. 44162).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic