Anarhichas lupus, Atlantic wolffish : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish, aquarium

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Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic wolffish
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Belomorskaja subatka, Polosataya zubatka, зубатка полосатая
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: White Sea.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mecklenburg, C.W., A. Lynghammar, E. Johannesen, I. Byrkjedal, J.S. Christiansen, A.V. Dolgov, O.V. Karamushko, T.A. Mecklenburg, P.R. Møller, D. Steinke and P.R. Wienerroither, 2018
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Common names from other countries

Loup atlantique, Perro del Norte, 大西洋狼鳚, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Anarhichadidae (Wolffishes)
Etymology: Anarhichas: Greek, anarhichaomai = to climb up.
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 1 - 600 m (Ref. 58426), usually 18 - 110 m (Ref. 7135). Temperate; 82°N - 40°N, 75°W - 61°E (Ref. 119696)

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Northeast Atlantic: Spitsbergen southward to White Sea, Scandinavian coasts, North Sea, the British Isles, to the Northen part of Bay of Biscaye, also Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland (Ref.. 57932). Northwest Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada and western Greenland to Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA; rarely to New Jersey, USA (Ref. 7251). Elsewhere in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean from Ref. 57932 should be regarded as questionable, as stray at most, until original reports are cheked (see Ref. 119696).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm 55.0, range 50 - 60 cm
Max length : 150 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251); peso máximo publicado: 23.6 kg (Ref. 40637)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Ground color usually greyish-green but almost black or reddish -brown. Body with 10-15 transverse, dark bars extended to the dorsal fin (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabit rocky bottoms, sometimes over sand or mud, from 1-500 m (Ref. 9988). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on fishes (Ref. 58426), hard-shelled mollusks, crabs, lobsters, sea urchins and other echinoderms. Solitary in habit (Ref. 9988). Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Males guard a clutch of eggs right up to the time of hatching (Ref. 6407). During brood protection, the male hardly feeds (Ref. 6407).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Barsukov, V.V., 1986. Anarhichadidae. p. 1113-1116. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4694)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: muy comercial; Acuicultura: experimental; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Acuarios públicos
FAO - Aquaculture systems: producción; pesquerías: landings, species profile; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | DORIS | ECOTOX | FAO - Aquaculture systems: producción; pesquerías: landings, species profile; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | Bases de datos nacionales | OceanAdapt | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | OsteoBase: skull, spine | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | Acuarios públicos | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | RFE Identification | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | Zoobank | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 0.8 - 12.1, mean 7.8 °C (based on 1910 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5938   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00407 (0.00305 - 0.00544), b=3.19 (3.11 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.6   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (K=0.04-0.1; tm=6-7; Fec=12,740-25,000).
Prior r = 0.40, 95% CL = 0.26 - 0.60, Based on 3 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 8.54 [4.15, 34.43] mg/100g; Iron = 0.178 [0.082, 0.506] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [15.1, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.376 [0.216, 0.633] g/100g; Selenium = 38.1 [13.6, 104.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.68 [2.05, 21.68] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.675 [0.265, 1.313] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.