Anarhichas lupus  

Linnaeus, 1758

Anarhichadidae

Order:

Perciformes

Aphia ID:

126758
FIRST MEDITERRANEAN RECORD

Reference

Tortonese E., 1958, Primo ritrovamento di Anarhichas lupus (L.) (Pisces) nel Mediterraneo (Golfo di Genova), Doriana, 94, 5-7

Year of first record

1958

Location of first record

Varezze

Country of first record

Italy

PATH

Most probable path

Shipping (including ballast waters) or platforms (Natural range expansion through Gibraltar is also possible)

DISTRIBUTION

Native sea area

Tropical Atlantic

Abundance in the colonized areas

Not established in the Mediterranean

Depth range (m)

1-600

RECORDS LOCATION
FIRST RECORDS: Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Marmara Sea Atlantic Sea