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Anarhichadidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Anarhichadidae

Name

Synonyms
Anarhichatidae
Homonyms
Anarhichadidae
Common names
Enguias-lobo in Portuguese
Havkattefamilien in Danish
Havkattefamilien in Danish
Sea Wolves in English
Seewölfe in German
Steinbiter in Norwegian Bokmål
buovla in Northern Sami
havskattfiskar in Swedish
havskattsfiskar in Swedish
merikissat in Finnish
peces lobo in Spanish
peces lobo in Spanish
poissons-loups in French
poissons-loups in French
steinbitfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
stáidnár in Northern Sami
stáinnir in Northern Sami
vlkoušovití in Czech
wolf-fishes in English
wolf-fishes in English
wolffishes in English
wolffishes in English
zeewolven in Dutch
zębaczowate in Polish
Зубатковые in Russian
オオカミウオ科 in Japanese
狼䲁科 in Chinese
buovla in Northern Sami
havskattsfiskar in Swedish
steinbitfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
steinbitfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
オオカミウオ科 in Japanese
havskattfiskar in Swedish
havskattfiskar in Swedish
steinbitfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
steinbitfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
stáidnár in Northern Sami
stáinnir in Northern Sami
wolffishes in English
オオカミウオ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. CoL2006/FishBase
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. FishBase
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  7. Mecklenberg, Catherine W., 2003: Family Anarhichadidae Bonaparte 1846: wolffishes. Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 10. 1-6.
  8. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  9. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  10. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  11. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  13. WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  14. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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