WoRMS taxon details

Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772

126759  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126759)

accepted
Species
Anarhicas karrak Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Anarrhicas steenstrupii Gill, 1861 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Anarrhichas pantherinvs Zuiew, 1784 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Anarrhichas steenstrupii Gill, 1861 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Olafsen, E. (1772). Vice-Lavmand Eggert Olafsens og Land-Physici Biarne Povelsens Reise igiennem Island. <em>Lindgren, Sorse.</em> v. 1: [1-11] 1-618, 51 pls. [details]   
Distribution Western Greenland to Cape Ann, Massachusetts  
Distribution Western Greenland to Cape Ann, Massachusetts [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126759 on 2024-10-06
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original description Olafsen, E. (1772). Vice-Lavmand Eggert Olafsens og Land-Physici Biarne Povelsens Reise igiennem Island. <em>Lindgren, Sorse.</em> v. 1: [1-11] 1-618, 51 pls. [details]   

original description  (of Anarhichas leopardus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]   

original description  (of Anarhichas maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 496 [details]   

original description  (of Anarhichas scansor Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): no page number, Pl. 92 [details]   

original description  (of Anarrhichas leopardus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Diet Feeds on starfishes, tube worms, sea urchins, molluscs, seaweeds and sand eels [details]

Distribution Western Greenland to Cape Ann, Massachusetts [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found at depths of 25- 600 m in deep waters over soft bottoms. [details]

Importance Social- Gamefish, commercial, skin used as leather [details]

Reproduction Spawns from October to January, scatter eggs on bottom in clutches [details]
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Dutch gevlekte zeewolf  [details]
English spotted wolffishspotted catfish  [details]
French loup tacheté  [details]
German gefleckter Seewolf  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål flekksteinbit  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk flekksteinbit  [details]
Swedish fläckig havskatt  [details]
Welsh morflaidd brith  [details]