Northern wolffish
📖 Overview
Inhabits offshore waters in midwater; adults also near bottom from 60-970 m, mainly 100-900 m . Epibenthic . Feeds on sea gooseberries, medusas, small fishes, also echinoderms, crustaceans and mollusks (not so hard-shelled) . Spawns at great depths .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Coloration bluish-black with indistinct spots on the sides. Flesh soft and watery .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Northern wolffish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Northern wolffish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Northern wolffish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous ; depth range 60 - 1700 m , usually 100 - 900 m. Polar; 81°N - 43°N, 123°W - 61°E North Atlantic: Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, Barents and Norwegian seas, the Shetlands, the Faeroes, Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland; also known occasionally in northern North Sea and Skaggerak and south to Bay of Biscay.
🌿 Ecology
sea gooseberries, medusas, small fishes, also echinoderms, crustaceans and mollusks (not so hard-she
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Blue sea cat · Northern wolffish, Jelly Cat · jelly cat · northern wolffish · northern wolfish |
| 🌍CES | vlkouš zubatý |
| 🌍CYM | Morfleiddiaid Brith Danheddog · morflaidd brith danheddog |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Blå havkat · Bredpandet havkat |
| 🇩🇪German | Blauer Seewolf · Wasserkatze |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Sinimerikissa |
| 🇫🇷French | Loup gélatineux · loup à tête large |
| 🌍IKU | Qêraq |
| 🌍ISL | Blágóma |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Bavosa lupa |
| 🌍KAL | najorpaligaq · qeeraasaq · uillasuk |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Noordelijke zeewolf · blauwe zeewolf |
| 🌍NNO | blåsteinbit · svartsteinbit · vassbøffel · håkjerringsteinbit |
| 🌍NOB | blåsteinbit · håkjerringsteinbit · vannbøffel · svartsteinbit |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Blasteinbit · Flekksteinbit |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Zebacz czarny |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Enguia-lobo-do-Atlântico · Peixe-lobo · Peixe-lobo-azul |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Синяя зубатка |
| 🌍SME | alitbuovla |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Lobo · Pez lobo del norte |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Blå havkatt · blå havskatt |
| 🌍TUR | Mavi deniz kedisi |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anarhichas latifrons | Steenstrup & Hallgrimsson | 1876 | Synonym |
| Anarrhichas denticulatus | Krøyer | 1845 | Synonym |
| Anarrhichas latifrons | Steenstrup & Hallgrimsson | 1876 | Synonym |
| Lycichthys denticulatus | Krøyer | 1845 | Synonym |
| Lycichthys fortidens | Gill | 1911 | Synonym |
| Lycichthys parvodens | Lühmann | 1954 | Synonym |
| Lycichthys paucidens | Gill | 1905 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 14 records indexed .
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