Spotted wolffish

Spotted wolffish ( Anarhichas minor)

The spotted wolffish ( Anarhichas minor) is a marine fish of the northern Atlantic along the coast of Norway in the Barents Sea in the Faroe Islands, Iceland, found on the coast of southern Greenland and in the western Atlantic from Labrador through Newfoundland to Massachusetts. It reaches a length of approximately 1.5 to 1.8 meters.

Features

Indicative of the kind, a plurality of dark, irregular spots on the dorsal fin and the elongate body. The spotted wolffish is usually gray-green or gray- brown in color.

Way of life

The spotted wolffish lives on soft bottoms at depths of 25-600 meters. It feeds mainly on hard-shelled invertebrates such as mussels, sea urchins and crabs.

Use

The spotted wolffish is a prized food fish, the fillets are fresh or frozen marketed as catfish, Karbonadenfisch or under the trade name loach. Leather can be made from his skin. He is considered overfished.