Anarhichadidae

Anarhichadidae
Northern wolffish, Anarhichas denticulatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Suborder: Zoarcoidei
Family: Anarhichadidae
Bonaparte, 1832
Genera

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This article is about the family of saltwater fish. For freshwater wolf fish, see Erythrinidae.

Anarhichadidae, the wolffishes, sea wolves or wolf eels, is a family of marine ray finned fishes belonging to the order Scorpaeniformes. These are predatory, eel shaped fishes which are native to the cold waters of the Arctic, North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans.

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