WoRMS taxon details
Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772
AphiaID: 126759
AphiaID: 126759
| 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 |
Anarhicas karrak Bonnaterre, 1788 (misspelling) Anarhichas karrak Bonnaterre, 1788 Anarhichas leopardus Agassiz, 1831 Anarhichas maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Anarhichas scansor Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Anarhichas steenstrupii Gill, 1861 Anarrhichas leopardus Agassiz, 1831 Anarrhichas pantherinus Zuiew, 1784 Anarrhichas steenstrupii Gill, 1861 (misspelling) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] 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 |
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Davis Strait [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 18 [details] FAO fishing area 21 [details] Gulf of Maine [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)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 53 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
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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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126759 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772. 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=126759 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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