Common name of Anarhichas orientalis
 
Common name Bering wolffish
Language English
Type AFS
Official trade name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-PĂ©rez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams, 2004
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st modifier locality/area
2nd modifier
Remarks 'wolf' from pre-historic Germanic '*wulfaz' from Indo-European '*wlqwos' (p. 576, Ref. 11979); 'Bering', i.e., of the Bering Sea. Also Ref. 276.
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