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WoRMS taxon details

Anarhichadidae 
AphiaID: 125517

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Perciformes
Sources  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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English wolffishes  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål steinbitfamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk steinbitfamilien  [details]
Swedish havskattfiskar  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Anarhichas Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Anarrhichthys

Genus Anarhicas accepted as Anarhichas Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Anarhichthys accepted as Anarrhichthys
Genus Anarrhichas accepted as Anarhichas Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Anarrichas accepted as Anarhichas Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Lycichthys accepted as Anarhichas Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Image 
Eel-like fishes of the St. Lawrence
Eel-like fishes of the St. Lawrence
added on 2010-11-16 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125517
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Anarhichadidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125517 on 2013-05-24
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