Author: Kröyer, 1845

Anarhichas denticulatus Kroyer, 1845

Diagnosis. body fairly deep, tissue soft, watery, jelly-like to handle. Head large, a little pointed; jaw teeth strong, canine-like teeth in front, rounded or pointed teeth behind; teeth on vomer large, rounded or pointed, not reaching back as far as line of palatine teeth on either side of them. Caudal fin truncate, with 18-22 finrays. Colour: greyish to dark chocolate, with light violet sheen, often with blurred dark bars or or spots on back and sides. Size: to 138 cm TL, usually 70-120 cm.

Habitat: offshore waters in midwater; adults also near bottom at 30-970 m, mainly 1O0-900 m. Food: sea gooseberries, medusae, small fishes, also echinoderms, crustaceans and molluscs (not so hard-shelled as in A. Iupus). Reproduction: April-October; 2 pelagic larvae recorded in May; clusters of eggs not yet found.

Distribution: Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, Barents and Norwegian Seas, the Shetlands, the Faroes, Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland; also known occasionally in northern North Sea and Skaggerak. Elsewhere, south-western coasts of Greenland and southward almost to Cape Cod.

Eggs, larvae and young stages: Koefoed, 1907: pl. LXXVII (fig. 12) | Barsukov, 1959, fig. 42 (3) | Baranenkova et al., 1960 | Barsukov, 1961: 25, fig. 1; 1967: 177-178.
Otoliths (sagitta): Nijssen, 1964: 181-183, fig. 3 | Schmidt, 1968: 47, pl. 9, fig. 126.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Gobioidei
Family Anarhichadidae
Genus Anarhichas
Species Anarhichas denticulatus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845

Scientific synonyms and common names

Anarhichas denticulatus Kröyer, 1845

Synonyms:

Anarrhichas denticulatus Kröyer, 1845b, Overs. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh.: 139 (Greenland) Beese & Kandler, 1969: 21-59, fig. 2, 3c, 4.
Anarrhichas latifrons Steenstrup, 1842, Förhand. Skandin. Naturf. Kjøbenhavn, 3: 647 (Iceland, nomen nudum)
Anarrhichas latifrons Steenstrup, 1876, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturh. Foren.: 177-201, pl. III (fig. 3) (Iceland, Greenland).
Lycichthys paucidens Gill, 1905a, Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 18: 251 (Main, Nova Scotia).
Lycichthys fortidens Gill, 1911, Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 39: 166-167, fig. 8 (Main, Nova Scotia).
Lycichthys latifrons: Gill, 1911, ibid: 167 (after Steenstrup).
Lycichthys denticulatus: Gill, 1911, ibid: 167 (after Kröyer) Andriashev, 1964b: 234-236, fig. 112. Beese & Kandler, 1969: 21-59, fig. 2, 3b, 4, 7-9.
Anarhichas latifrons: Barsukov, 1959: 115-127, et passim, fig. 1(1), 9 (5), 15 (5), 28A, 32, 34, pl. IIII (1), V (1), VII, XI (1), XIX (1), XXI (1).

Common names:

blaasstenbid [No]
blagoma [Is]
blauer Katfisch [De]
blu stenbit [Sv]
blue sea-cat [En]
bredpandet havkat [Da]
jelly wolf-fish [En]
leveäotsainen merikissa [Su]
northern wolffish [En]
sinyaya zubatka [Ru]
blauwe zeewolf [Ne]

*Nijssen, H. 1964. Otoliths of the wolf-fishes (genus Anarrhichas Linnaeus, 1758) from the Northern Atlantic (Pisces, Perciformes). Beaufortia, 11(146) :179-183, 3 fig.

Andriashev, A. P. 1964b. Fishes of the Northern Seas of the USSR. Jerusalem, IPST, 617 p., 300 fig. (Translated from: Ryby severnykh morei SSSR. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Moskwa-Leningrad, 1954.)

Baranenkova, A. S.; Barsukov, V. V.; Ponomarenlco, L. J.; Syssoeva, T. K.; Khokhlina, N. S. 1960. Morphological pecularities, distribution and feeding of the young of Anarrhichas lupus (L.), A. minor Olafsen, A. latifrons Steenstrup et Hallgrimsson. Zool. Zh., 39 (8) :1186-1200, 3 fig. (in Russian).

Barsukov, V. V. 1961. Some observations on Anarhichas latifrons Steenstrup et Hallgrimsson. Probl ikhtiol., 1,1(18) :19-28, 1 fig. (in Russian).

Barsukov, V. V. 1967. A one-year-old Anarhichas latifrons Steenstrup et Hallgrimsson. Probl. ikhtiol, 5, 1(42) :177-178 (in Russian).

Beese, G.; Kandler, R. 1969. Beitrag zur Biologie der drei nordatlantischen KatfischartenAnarhichas lupus L., A. minor Olafs. and A. denticulatus Kr. Ber. dt. Komn. Meeresforsch., 20 (1): 21-59, 9 fig.

Gill, T. N. 1905a. A new anarrhichadoid fish (rycichthys paucidens, n. sp.). Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 18: 251.

Gill, T. N. 1911. Notes on the structure and habits of the wolf-fishes. Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 39 :157-187, 13 fig., 12 pl.

Koefoed, E. 1907. Poissons: 485-499, pl. LXXVII. In: Duc d'Orléans, Croisière océanographique accomplie à bord de la Belgica dans la Mer du Grönland, 1905. Bruxelles, 1907.

Kröyer, H. N. 1845b. Meddeler forögelser til Kunskab om de Grönlandske fiske-arter. Overs. B. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh., 1844 [1845], (8) :139-141.

Schmidt, W. 1968. Vergleichend morphologische Studie über die Otolithen mariner Knochenfische. Arch. FischWiss., 19 (1) :1-96,184 fig., 25 pl.

Steenstrup, J. J. 1842. Anarhichas latifrons. Forh. skand. Naturf. Mote, 3 (Sect. 5): 647.

Steenstrup, J. J. 1876. Noget om Slaegten Søulv. (Anarrhichas) og dens nordiske Arter. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren. :159-202, 1 pl.

Barsukov, V. V. 1959. Wolffishes family (Anarhichadidae). Fauna USSR, 5 (5) :1-171, 42 fig., 22 pl. (in Russian).

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