Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Anarhichadidae > Genus Anarhichas

Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anarhichas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): flekksteinbit sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: spotted catfish; spotted wolffish sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Spotted Catfish sources: Charles Hussey

French: loup tacheté sources: Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p

Norwegian: flekksteinbit sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: flekksteinbit

Norwegian Nynorsk: flekksteinbit

Nynorsk (Norwegian): flekksteinbit sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: fläckig havskatt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morflaidd brith

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
GenBank (44 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126759