Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Perciformes: family
Anarhichadidae: genus
Anarhichas: species
Anarhichas lupus

Name

Synonyms: Anarhichas lupus lupus; Anarhichas lupus marisalbi Barsukov, 1956; Anarhichas strigosus Gmelin, 1789; Anarhichas vomerinus Agassiz, 1867; Anarrhicas vomerinus Agassiz, 1867; Anarrhichas vomerinus Agassiz, 1867
Homonyms: Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Almindelig havkat in Danish; Almindelig havkat in Danish; Atlantic wolffish in English; Atlantic wolffish in English; Atlantic wolffish in English; Atlantic wolffish in English; Atlantic wolffish, Wolf-fish in English; Atlantische zeewolf in Dutch; Atlantische zeewolf in Dutch; Bavosa lupa in Italian; Bavosa lupa in Italian; Belomorskaja subatka in Russian; Cat-fish in English; Enguia-lobo-europeia in Portuguese; Gata in Portuguese; Gestreifter Katfisch in German; Gestreifter Katfisch in German; Gestreifter Seewolf in German; Gewone zeewolf in Dutch; Gråsteinbit in Norwegian; Havkat in Danish; Havskatt in Swedish; Hundfiskur in Faroese; Katfisch in German; Katfisch in German; Katfisch in German; Kigutilik in Inuktitut; Kêrak in Inuktitut; Lobo in Spanish; Loup atlantique, Loup de mer in French; Loup de l'Atlantique in French; Loup de mer in French; Loup de mer in French; Lupa di mare in Italian; Lupa di mare in Italian; Merikissa in Finnish; Morfleiddiaid in Welsh; Morski vuk in Croatian; Ocean whitefish in English; Peixe-lobo in Portuguese; Peixe-lobo in Portuguese; Peixe-lobo-riscado in Portuguese; Peixe-lobo-riscado in Portuguese; Perro del Norte in Spanish; Perro del norte in Spanish; Pesce lupo in Italian; Pez lobo del atlántico in Spanish; Polosataya zubatka in Russian; Qeeraaraq in Kalaallisut; Qêraq in Inuktitut

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