| Family: |
Anarhichadidae (Wolffishes) |
| Max. size: |
180 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 20 kg |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 60 - 1700 m, oceanodromous |
| Distribution: |
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). |
| Diagnosis: |
Coloration bluish-black with indistinct spots on the sides. Flesh soft and watery (Ref. 35388). |
| 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). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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