jelly cat

Anarhichas denticulatus

Jellyfish and comb jellies fill its deepwater diet

jelly cat is a marine fish found around North Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 180 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Anarhichadidae
Genus: Anarhichas
Maximum length: 180 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North Atlantic: Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, Barents and Norwegian seas, the Shetlands, the Faeroes, Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland; also known occasionally in northern North Sea and Skaggerak and south to Bay of Biscay. Western Atlantic: Arctic, from Prince Patrick Island to Sable Island off Nova Scotia and Grand Banks in Canada (Ref. 7251 ).

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