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Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772

Description

Coloration greyish brown with many distinct spots on body and dorsal fin (Ref. 35388).

Common Names

  • Plettet havkat , Danish , Denmark
  • Tigerplettet havkat , Danish , Denmark
  • Gevlekte zeewolf , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Catfish , English , Canada
  • Spotted sea cat , English , UK
  • Spotted sea catfish , English , UK
  • Spotted sea-cat , English , UK
  • Spotted wolf , English , Canada
  • Spotted wolf-fish , English , UK
  • Spotted wolffish , English , UK
  • Spotted wolffish , English , Canada
  • Spotted wolffish , English , USA
  • Liri , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Kirjomerikissa , Finnish , Finland
  • Meripantteri , Finnish , Finland
  • Blennie-loup tacheté , French , France
  • Loup tacheté , French , Canada
  • Loup tacheté , French , Canada
  • Loup tacheté , French , Global
  • Loup tacheté , French , France
  • Gefleckter Katfisch , German , Germany
  • Gefleckter Seewolf , German , Germany
  • Qeeraq milattooq , Greenlandic , Greenland
  • Hlýri , Icelandic , Iceland
  • Kaerrak , Inuktitut , Greenland
  • Kêrak , Inuktitut , Greenland
  • Qêraq , Inuktitut , Greenland
  • Bavosa lupa , Italian , Italy
  • 斑狼鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 花狼魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 花狼鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Flekksteinbit , Norwegian , Norway
  • Zebacz pstry , Polish , Poland
  • Peixe-lobo malhado , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Peixe-lobo-malhado , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Pyatnistaya zubatka , Russian , Russia
  • Pyostraya zubatka , Russian , Russia
  • зубатка пятнистая , Russian , Russia
  • Pegasti ostrigar , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Perro chico , Spanish , Spain
  • Perro pintado , Spanish , Spain
  • Fläckig havkatt , Swedish , Sweden
  • Fläckig havskatt , Swedish , Sweden
  • Зубатка , Ukrainian , Ukraine
  • Зубатка плямиста , Ukrainian , Ukraine
  • Morflaidd brith , Welsh , UK Engld Wal

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei

    Family: Anarhichadidae

    Genus: Anarhichas

    Species: Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Northwest Atlantic: western Greenland and Nova Scotia in Canada to Massachusetts in USA and perhaps to New Jersey, USA (Ref. 7251). Northeast Atlantic: Spitsbergen southward to Scandinavian coasts (to about Bergen, also Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland.

    • Biology

    Inhabits offshore waters over soft bottoms, often with boulders, from 25-590 m, but most common from 100-400 m (Ref. 4694). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds mainly on echinoderms, but also crustaceans, mollusks, fishes (Ref. 4694) and worms (Ref. 58426). In Barents sea, it reached at least 80 cm, age 9 years. Marketed fresh or as frozen fillets. Leather can be made of the skin (Ref. 35388).

    Habitat

    demersal