WoRMS taxon details
Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855
279605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279605)
accepted
Species
Anarhichas ocellatus (Ayres, 1855) · unaccepted
Anarhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Anarrhichas felis Girard, 1854 · unaccepted
Anarrhichthys felis Girard, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Description of new fishes from California.]. <em>(Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper].</em> v. 4 (nos 7-22). [Also appeared in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279605 on 2025-12-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Description of new fishes from California.]. <em>(Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper].</em> v. 4 (nos 7-22). [Also appeared in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1.]. [details]
original description (of Anarhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855) Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Description of new fishes from California.]. <em>(Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper].</em> v. 4 (nos 7-22). [Also appeared in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1.]. [details]
original description (of Anarhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855) Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Description of new fishes from California.]. <em>(Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper].</em> v. 4 (nos 7-22). [Also appeared in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1.]. [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Wolf-eel [from synonym]wolf-eel | [details] |
| French | loup ocellé | [details] |
| Russian | Зубатка угревидная [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anarhichas ocellatus (Ayres, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anarhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anarrhichas felis Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anarhichas ocellatus (Ayres, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Anarhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Anarrhichas felis Girard, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Anarrhichthys felis Girard, 1858)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (57108 nucleotides; 41918 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anarhichas ocellatus (Ayres, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anarhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anarrhichas felis Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anarhichas ocellatus (Ayres, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Anarhichthys ocellatus Ayres, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Anarrhichas felis Girard, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Anarrhichthys felis Girard, 1858)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (57108 nucleotides; 41918 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
