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Anarhichas orientalis

Fish

Anarhichas orientalis, the Bering wolffish, is a marine fish in the wolffish family, Anarhichadidae. It is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean from Hokkaido to the Sea of Okhotsk and Alaska, and it also occurs across the northwestern Pacific, the Bering Sea, and the Arctic Ocean, though documentation of its range in those areas remains incomplete. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Scientific Name
Anarhichas orientalis 2
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Perciformes, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Anarhichas orientalis

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Anarhichas orientalis (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. FishBase: FishBase species summary: Anarhichas orientalis
FishBaseBiology: feeding
Quote, Biology: feeding
Feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates
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2. Anarhichas orientalis (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Anarhichas orientalis, the Bering wolffish, is a marine fish in the family Anarhichadidae, the "wolffish".
  • Wikidata Q28810 (P225 taxon name)
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    Anarhichas orientalis, the Bering wolffish, is a marine fish in the family Anarhichadidae, the "wolffish".
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Anarhichas orientalis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Perciformes
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Actinopteri","order":"Perciformes","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"鲈形目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category): IUCN Red List category of Anarhichas orientalis
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category)iucnRedListCategory record
Quote, iucnRedListCategory record
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Anarhichas orientalis
Child Taxon Of: Perciformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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