🐟Wolf eel
The wolf eel is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anarhichadidae, the wolf fish. It is found in the North Pacific Ocean. Despite its common name and resemblance, it is not a true eel. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Anarrhichthys.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 18 kg
- Body length
- 2.4 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Wolf eel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass18 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length2.4 mmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level3.51FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.51 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humanstraumatogenicFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l18 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 Wolf eel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderPerciformes
- ›familyAnarhichadidae
- ›genusAnarrhichthys
- ›speciesAnarrhichthys ocellatus
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- infraorderZoarcales
- familyAnarhichadidae
- genusAnarrhichthys
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- suborderCottioidei
- infraorderZoarcales
- familyAnarhichadidae
- genusAnarrhichthys
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