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Anarhichas lupus Atlantic wolffish

Anarhichas lupusis commonly referred to as Atlantic wolffish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
3307 
AphiaID:
126758 
Scientific:
Anarhichas lupus 
German:
Gestreifter Seewolf - Steinbeißer - Katfisch 
English:
Atlantic Wolffish 
Category:
Wolffish 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Anarhichadidae (Family) > Anarhichas (Genus) > lupus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Linnaeus, 1758 
Occurrence:
the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, the British Isles, USA 
Sea depth:
60 - 1700 Meter 
Size:
up to 59.06" (150 cm) 
Weight:
23.6 kg 
Temperature:
57.2 °F - 64.4 °F (14°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Lobster, Rock lobster, Sea urchins, Smelts, Starfishs 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2010-08-27 23:44:09 

Info

Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution:
Northeast Atlantic: Spitsbergen southward to White Sea, Scandinavian coasts, North Sea, the British Isles, also Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland. Northwest Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada and western Greenland to Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA; rarely to New Jersey, USA.
Elsewhere in the Baltic Sea (east to Rügen and Bornholm Islands), Bay of Biscay and northwestern Mediterranean (Gulf of Genoa).

Biology:
Inhabit rocky bottoms, sometimes over sand or mud, from 1-500 m.
Benthic, feeds on fishes , hard-shelled mollusks, crabs, lobsters, sea urchins and other echinoderms.
Solitary in habit. Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked.

Synonymised taxa:
Anarhichas lupus marisalbi Barsukov, 1956
Anarhichas strigosus Gmelin, 1789
Anarhichas vomerinus Agassiz, 1867
Anarrhichas vomerinus Agassiz, 1867 (misspelling)

Scientific paper

  1. Genetic structure of the Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus L.) at Icelandic fishing grounds: another evidence of panmixia in Iceland?, Pampoulie, C.; Skirnisdottir, S.; Danielsdottir, A. K.; Gunnarsson, A. , 2012
  2. Size, locality and seasonally related feeding preferences of common wolffish ( Anarhichas lupus L.) from north-Norwegian waters, Falk-Petersen, Inger-Britt; Kanapathippilai, Premasany; Primicerio, Raul; Hansen, Tove K. , 2010
  3. Thermal sensitivity of cardiac mitochondrial metabolism in an ectothermic species from a cold environment, Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), Hélène Lemieux; Jean-Claude Tardif; Jean-Denis Dutil; Pierre U. Blier, 2010
  4. Trypsin-Like Enzyme from Atlantic Wolffish ( Anarhichas Lupus ) Viscera: Purification and Characterization, Desrosiers, Véronique; Le François, Nathalie R.; Blier, Pierre U. , 2008
  5. High antifreeze protein levels in wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) make them an ideal candidate for culture in cold, potentially ice laden waters, Mariève Desjardins; Nathalie R. Le François; Garth L. Fletcher; Pierre U. Blier, 2007
  6. Seasonal modulation of plasma antifreeze protein levels in Atlantic (Anarhichas lupus) and spotted wolffish (A. minor), Mariève Desjardins; Nathalie R. Le François; Garth L. Fletcher; Pierre U. Blier, 2006
  7. Tolerance, growth and haloplasticity of the Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) exposed to various salinities, N.R Le François; S.G Lamarre; P.U Blier, 2004
  8. Effects of water temperature on protein synthesis and protein growth in juvenile Atlantic wolffish ( Anarhichas lupus ), McCarthy, Ian D; Moksness, Erlend; Pavlov, Dimitri A; Houlihan, Dominic F , 1999
  9. Wolf-Fish Anarhichas lupus L, D. T. G. Quigley and K. Flannery, 1998
  10. Gyrodactylus anarhichatis n. sp. and G. microanchoratus n. sp. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from the Atlantic wolf-fish Anarhichas lupus (Anarhichadidae) off the coast of Norway, T.A. Mo; Nora K. Lile, 1998
  11. Development of the axial skeleton in wolffish, Anarhichas lupus (Pisces, Anarhichadidae), at different temperatures, Dimitri A. Pavlov; Erlend Moksness, 1997
  12. Repeat sexual maturation of wolffish (Anarhichas lupus L.) broodstock, Dimitri A. Pavlov; Erlend Moksness, 1996
  13. Management by life cycle of wolffish, Anarhichas lupus L., a new species for cold-water aquaculture: a technical paper, E Moksness; D A Pavlov, 1996
  14. Oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion of common wolffish Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus 1758 in an experimental-scale, seawater, land-based culture system, A Steinarsson; E Moksness, 1996
  15. Growth of juveniles of White Sea common wolffish, Anarhichas lupus L., in captivity, D A Pavlov, 1995
  16. Effect of fish meal quality on growth of juvenile wolffish, Anarhichas lupus L., E Moksness; G Rosenlund; Ø Lie, 1995
  17. Wolf-Fish Anarhichas lupus L. in Irish Waters: Further Records and a Review of the Irish Records, D. T. G. Quigley and K. Flannery, 1995
  18. Production and quality of eggs obtained from wolffish (Anarhichas lupus L.) reared in captivity, D.A. Pavlov; E. Moksness, 1994
  19. Maturation and artificial fertilization of eggs of captive common wolf fish, Anarhichas lupus L. from the White Sea, D.A. Pavlov, 1994
  20. Growth rates of the common wolffish, Anarhichas lupus L., and spotted wolffish, A. minor Olafsen, in captivity, E. MOKSNESS, 1994
  21. Reproduction, spawning behaviour and captive breeding of the common wolffish Anarhichas lupus L., Tore Johannessen; Jakob Gjøsæter; Erlend Moksness, 1993
  22. Growth of juvenile common wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) fed practical fish feeds, Dagfinn Stefanussen; Øyvind Lie; Erlend Moksness; Karl Inne Ugland, 1993
  23. Functional response of the predators American lobster Homarus americanus (Milne-Edwards) and Atlantic wolffish Anarhichas lupus (L.) to increasing numbers of the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Müller), Nils T. Hagen; K.H. Mann, 1992
  24. Weaning of wild-caught common wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) larvae, E. Moksness, 1990
  25. Observations on the occurrence, size, and feeding of pelagic larvae of the common wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) in western Finnmark, northern Norway, Falk-Petersen, I.-B.; Haug, T.; Moksness, E. , 1990
  26. Start-feeding and on-growing of wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) in the laboratory, Erlend Moksness; Jakob Gjøsæter; Andreas Reinert; Ingvard S. Fjallstein, 1989
  27. Brood protection of wolf fish (Anarhichas lupus L.) eggs, Einar Ringø; Hermod Lorentsen, 1987
  28. Initial feeding of wolf fish (Anarhichas lupus L.) fry, Einar Ringø; Rolf E. Olsen; Bjarne Bøe, 1987
  29. Atlantic wolffish ( Anarhichas lupus L.; Pisces: Anarhichidae) predation on green sea urchins ( Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Mull.); Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in eastern Newfoundland, Keats, D. W.; Steele, D. H.; South, G. R. , 1986
  30. Reproduction and egg guarding by Atlantic wolffish ( Anarhichas lupus : Anarhichidae) and ocean pout ( Macrozoarces americanus : Zoarcidae) in Newfoundland waters, Keats, D. W.; South, G. R.; Steele, D. H. , 1985
  31. Structure and ultrastructure of intra-vitam parasitic destruction of the external dental tissue in the fish, Anarhichas lupus L., B. Kerebel; Marie-Thérȩse Le Cabellec; Lise-Marie Kerebei, 1979
  32. Rapports de la morphologie et de l'histologie dentaires d' Anarhichas lupus L. (Poisson Téléostéen Perciforme) avec son mode d'alimentation: apport de la microradiographie et du marquage par la tetracycline, Cabellec, Marie-Thérèse Le; Daculsi, Guy; Geistdoerfer, Patrick , 1978
  33. Osteodentine and vascular osteodentine ofAnarhichas lupus(L.), Bertrand Kerebel; Marie-Thérèse Cabellec; Guy Daculsi; Lise-Marie Kerebel, 1978
  34. Atlantic wolffish ( Anarhichas lupus L.) eggs off southern Nova Scotia, Powles, P. M., 1967

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