Anarhichadidae

spotted catfish

Anarhichas minor

Dark spots freckle a chocolate brown ground

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Europe
• North America
• Elongated
• Large
• Temperate fish

Anarhichas minor, the spotted wolffish, spotted sea cat or leopardfish, is a large marine fish of the family Anarhichadidae. This bottom-dwelling species is found across the North Atlantic and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean from north of Russia and the Scandinavian Peninsula to the Scotian Shelf, off Nova Scotia, Canada. In Canada the population declined by about 90% from the late 1970s through the early 1990s, particularly in the northern part of its range.