Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The wolf eel’s genus name Anarrhichthys combines the wolffish genus Anarhichas, as this taxon has a similar head shape to the wolffishes, and ichthys, which means "fish". The specific name ocellatus means "ocellated", a reference to the eye-like spots, or ocelli, on the dorsal fin and body. [6] Wolf eel at the Dallas Children's Aquarium
The Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), also known as the seawolf, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, devil fish, wolf eel (the common name for its Pacific relative), woof or sea cat, is a marine fish of the wolffish family Anarhichadidae, native to the North Atlantic Ocean.
Anarhichadidae is derived from the name of its type genus Anarhichas which is an Ancient Greek name for the Atlantic wolffish (A. lupus) and means "the climber", in turn derived from the Greek anarrhichesis which means "to climb or scramble up". This may be an allusion to the ancient belief that wolffishes left the water and climbed up on the ...
Eelpout species have evolved to efficiently give birth to future generations. They utilize demersal eggs, which are eggs that are deposited on the seafloor, and can be either free or connected to the substrate. These egg clusters can range from 9.2 mm, to 9.8 mm, which are the largest compared to any other marine egg cluster. [9]
Lycenchelys muraena is found in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans [2] where it has been recorded northwest and east of Greenland, in the Norwegian Sea and in the Kara Sea, south as far as the Faroe Islands [6] It is a bathydemersal species found at depths between 350 and 1,700 m (1,150 and 5,580 ft) over mud substrates, often at water temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F).
International Wolf Center, there are two “widely recognized species of wolves in the world, the red and the gray.” Pictured is the American grey wolf (Canis lupus lycaon). ©Jearu/Shutterstock.com
English: A Wolf eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) emerges from his den in south Puget Sound.The wolf eel is one of the many native species of fish that EPA's Puget Sound cleanup aiming to better protect.
Lycenchelys sarsii, Sar's wolf eel, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. [ 2 ] It is native to coasts of Northern Atlantic Ocean .