Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 1–600 m.
Scientific name: Anarhichas lupus · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 150 cm
The Atlantic wolffish is a demersal anarhichadid of rocky bottoms, sometimes over sand or mud, from 1 to 600 m. It is solitary and feeds on fishes, hard-shelled mollusks, crabs, lobsters, sea urchins and other echinoderms. Its range covers both sides of the North Atlantic: Spitsbergen southward to the White Sea, the Scandinavian coasts, the North Sea, the British Isles and the northern Bay of Biscay, with Iceland and south-eastern Greenland, and in the west from southern Labrador and western Greenland to Cape Cod. Maximum length is about 150 cm total length. It is a highly commercial species and a gamefish, also kept in public aquariums, and it is marketed fresh and frozen. Fishing vulnerability is high to very high at 69 of 100 and resilience low, and climate vulnerability is moderate at 38 of 100.
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