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Where does the Atlantic wolffish live?

Anarhichas lupus has 40,121 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1807 to 2026. Most records come from Canada.

Atlantic wolffish
Atlantic wolffish — Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataPerciformesAnarhichadidaeAnarhichas

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

18072026

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Canada 29,253
Norway 3,823
United States 2,341
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 2,337
United Kingdom 236
Russia 177
Greenland 124
Sweden 93
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 68
Iceland 40
Netherlands 33
Ireland 13
ZZ 12
Denmark 10
Faroe Islands 10
France 9
Belgium 4
Germany 2
Åland Islands 1
Spain 1
Italy 1
Kazakhstan 1
Namibia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Anarhichadidae.

Northern wolffish
Northern wolffish
16,765 records
Spotted Catfish
Spotted Catfish
9,051 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.