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Atlantic wolffish, Wolf-fish

Anarhichas lupus

564Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
2Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb72
Mar5
Apr12
May30
Jun16
Jul112
Aug185
Sep113
Oct4
Nov0
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Scottish Borders Scotland6
2Highland Scotland1
55 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 2 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
564
Peak month
August
Counties with records
2
Scientific name
Anarhichas lupus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
55
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Anarhichadidae
Genus
Anarhichas
Name with authority
Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q934761 · GBIF 8006460