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Northern Wolffish

Anarhichas denticulatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 146, February 107, March 168, April 265, May 382, June 417, July 446, August 383, September 281, October 210, November 115, December 90.
Canada3,057
United States3,012
Alaska3,010
Newfoundland and Labrador1,875
Quebec938
Nunavut220
Nova Scotia17
Northwest Territories5
Wisconsin1
Maine1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyWolffishes · Anarhichadidae
GenusAnarhichas

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Northern Wolffish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.