Daily fish fact #492
Atlantic wolffish!
They're vital in controlling green crab and sea urchin populations, as these animals' populations can grow rapidly and overexploit the ecosystem. Not many other predators eat these animals, but wolffish have specifically evolved to crush hard shells!
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Atlantic Wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), family Anarhichadidae, found in the North Atlantic
photograph by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen
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Fishuary 2024: Day 21 - Atlantic ocean
An Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus). I enjoy all the pictures of them in shipwrecks.
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The Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), also known as the seawolf, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, devil fish, wolf eel, woof or sea cat, is a marine fish of the wolffish family Anarhichadidae, which is native throughout the North Atlantic Ocean with the densest populations being occurring at Georges Bank, the Gulf of Maine, the Irish Sea, Denmark Strait, and White Sea. As a benthic dwelling cold water species, the Atlantic wolffish are primarily stationary fish which primarily inhabit sea floor nooks and caves around 66 to 1,640ft (20 to 500m) in depth. They prefer temperatures of −1 to 11 °C (30–52 °F). To survive such cold temperatures there blood contains a natural antifreeze. Atlantic wolfish are uniquely adapted to use their strong jaws to crush and crack open the shells of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms, and are a vital predator of sea urchins, green crabs, and starfish. Reaching up to 5ft (1.5m) in length and 40lbs (18kg) in weight, The Atlantic wolffish has retained the bodily form and general external characteristics of small blennies albeit just on a much larger scale. Its body is long, subcylindrical in front, compressed in the caudal portion, smooth and slippery, the rudimentary scales being embedded and almost hidden in the skin. Atlantic wolffish vary in color, usually seen as purplish-brown, a dull olive green, or blueish gray. An even dorsal fin extends the whole length of the back, and a similar fin from the vent to the caudal fin, as in blennies. The pectorals are large and rounded and the pelvic fins are entirely absent. Its obtuse, eel-like body type makes the fish swim slowly, undulating from side to side, like an eel.The Atlantic wolffish's distinguishing feature, from which it gets its common name, is its extensive teeth structure with Both the lower and upper jaws are armed with four to six fang-like, strong, conical teeth. Unlike most fish, Altantic wolffish perform internal fertilization and form close mated pairs in which both parents care for and guard there nest of eggs which they build out of sea weed and stones. After hatching the young will stay with there parents for up to four months, until they are strong enough to gain independence. Under ideal conditions an atlantic wolffish may reach sexual maturity at around 6 years of age and may live upwards of 20.
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An Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) sits with the head of its prey
by Alexander Semenov
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The two pieces i’ve done so far for my little db mermay series!
Mantis shrimp Cell and Atlantic wolffish Yamcha 🦐🐟
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merfolk of the day: den from one piece
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Squeezing in a couple more fish for the last day of mermay.
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We all know werewolves are having their moment in the paranormal romance realm. So, I was looking for videos of "wolf baring teeth" when this horrifying creature popped up instead. Apparently, wolffish are a thing?!
Can you imagine if your sexy alpha male lead turned into this jagged-toothed abomination in your paranormal romance novel!? 🤣 Could be a cute story about a werewolf that doesn’t fit in because he’s a little different, but the female lead loves him anyway. <3
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🐟 Fishuary 2024 Day Nineteen: Arctic Ocean 🐟
For this prompt I drew the Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), which despite the name also inhabits the Arctic Ocean. They have just the cutest face!!!!
@fish-daily
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Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), family Anarhichadidae, found in the North Pacific
photograph via: California Academy of Sciences
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Tiny backdoor hole of cute teen doxy stuffed by fat penis
Anal cacero a adelita
Big Tits Clary Shows Her Footjob Skill
Deep Ass Fucked Ariana Marie with Brother
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Atlantic Wolffish
Photographer: Lawson Wood
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Bering Wolffish - Ship’s Rest
Endless Ocean, Nintendo Wii
these little guys are kind of cute in a weird way... maybe it’s just the fact they like to tuck themselves into little tubes, haha
thank you so much for the submission!
Submitted by BBB
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I love ur mer au for fnaf!!! Geggy is my favorite lol.
I’m curious tho, what would Freddy be in this au? A normal bear lol?
Thanks!! <3
I've gotten asks for a mer freddy before and i have even considered a design for him, along with some lore! He would have been Geggy's biological parent, and the leader of a small pod of mers (that were unfortunately attacked by hunters hence why Sun and Moon found Geggy by himself) I've yet to decide if they survived or not jhgfhj
As for Fredders himself, he'd be themed on a grouper or an otherwise particularly large fish, but grouper would most likely be the main inspo. I do want to draw him someday but i've yet to find motivation :'D
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Chris: This is horrible! This is the most humiliating thing to ever happen to me!
Travis: Oh-? Even more humiliating than-
Chris: We are not doing this!!
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