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Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845 
AphiaID: 126757

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Anarhichadidae (Family) > Anarhichas (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Anarhichas Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Anarhichas latifrons Steenstrup & Hallgrimsson, 1876 (synonym)
Lycichthys denticulatus (Krøyer, 1845)
Lycichthys fortidens Gill, 1911
Lycichthys parvodens Lühmann, 1954
Lycichthys paucidens Gill, 1905
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: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [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]

additional source: Kröyer, H.( 1845). "Preliminary report". Overs. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl Kjobenhavn No. 8 (1844), pp 139-152.
page(s): 140 [details]


additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

from synonym: Steenstrup, J. 1876. Noget om Slaegten So/ulv (Anarrhichas) og dens nordiske Arter. Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturh. Foren. Kjob. 159-202, Pl. 3. [details] [view taxon]

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

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish blå havkat  [details]
Dutch blauwe zeewolf  [details]
English jelly cat  [details]
English northern wolffish  [details]
English northern wolfish  [details]
French loup à tête large  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål blåsteinbit  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk blåsteinbit  [details]
Swedish blå havskatt  [details]
Welsh morflaidd brith danheddog  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 18 [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Strait [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Clavellodes rugosus (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer, 1845) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Eubrachiella antarctica (Quidor, 1906) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on sea gooseberries, medusas, small fishes, also echinoderms, crustaceans and molluscs (not so hard-shelled)  [details]

Distribution: Western Atlantic: Arctic to Sable Island off Nova Scotia and Grand Banks in Canada  [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Inhabits offshore waters in midwater; adults also near bottom from 60-970 m, mainly 100-900 m. [details]

Importance: Social- Gamefish  [details]

Reproduction: Spawns at great depths  [details]
Images 
Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845
Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845
added on 2006-08-18 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
qualitystatus: not checked

Anarhichas denticulatus - preserved specimen
Anarhichas denticulatus - preserved specimen
added on 2011-03-03 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères
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Anarhichas denticulatus
Anarhichas denticulatus
added on 2012-09-13 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126757
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845. 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=126757 on 2013-05-24
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