🐟Atlantic wolffish
The Atlantic wolffish, also known as the seawolf, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, devil fish, wolf eel, woof or sea cat, is a marine fish of the wolffish family Anarhichadidae, native to the North Atlantic Ocean. The numbers of the Atlantic wolffish in US waters are rapidly being depleted, most likely due to overfishing and bycatch, and it is currently a Species of Concern according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Anarhichas lupus yet.
- Body mass
- 24 kg
- Body length
- 1.5 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Atlantic wolffish
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass24 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length1.5 mmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level3.86FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.86 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l24 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Atlantic wolffish yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderPerciformes
- ›familyAnarhichadidae
- ›genusAnarhichas
- ›speciesAnarhichas lupus
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- infraorderZoarcales
- familyAnarhichadidae
- genusAnarhichas
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- suborderCottioidei
- infraorderZoarcales
- familyAnarhichadidae
- genusAnarhichas
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