CaRMS taxon details
Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772
126759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126759)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Olafsen, E. (1772). Vice-Lavmand Eggert Olafsens og Land-Physici Biarne Povelsens Reise igiennem Island. <em>Lindgren, Sorse.</em> v. 1: [1-11] 1-618, 51 pls. [details]
Distribution Western Greenland to Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Distribution Western Greenland to Cape Ann, Massachusetts [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126759 on 2025-05-28
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126759 on 2025-05-28
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Olafsen, E. (1772). Vice-Lavmand Eggert Olafsens og Land-Physici Biarne Povelsens Reise igiennem Island. <em>Lindgren, Sorse.</em> v. 1: [1-11] 1-618, 51 pls. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | gevlekte zeewolf | [details] |
| English | spotted wolffishspotted catfish | [details] |
| French | loup tacheté | [details] |
| German | gefleckter Seewolf | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | flekksteinbit | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | flekksteinbit | [details] |
| Swedish | fläckig havskatt | [details] |
| Welsh | morflaidd brith | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anarhichas minor)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Anarhichas minor, by Dolgov, A.)
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 287 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarhichas minor P00584 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anarhichas minor)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Anarhichas minor, by Dolgov, A.)
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 287 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarhichas minor P00584 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
