What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Northern wolffish been recorded?

Anarhichas denticulatus occurrence evidence comes from 988 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1878 to 2023. Most records come from Canada.

Northern wolffish
Northern wolffish — Photo (display-sized rendition): Havforskningsinstituttet · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesAnarhichadidaeAnarhichas

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

988 records across 4 countries and territories, 1878–2023.

Anarhichas denticulatus · GBIF taxon key 2392210

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

1 month reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18782023

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Northern wolffish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Northern wolffish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Canada 978
United States 7
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 2
Namibia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Anarhichadidae.

Atlantic wolffish
Atlantic wolffish
9,931 records
Spotted Catfish
Spotted Catfish
15 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.