Wolffish Gallery

Anarhichas lupus, wolf eel

The skull of a wolf eel (Anarhichas lupus) whose teeth are specially adapted for crushing and eating spiny sea urchins. The wolf eel is native to British waters. This specimen is held at the Natural History Museum

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

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Sea wolf Anarhichas lupus Sea Wolf Lupus marinus

Sea wolf (Anarhichas lupus), Sea Wolf. / Lupus marinus / Loup marin. (title on object), Sea wolf. Numbered top right: 6. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French, fishes (WOLFFISH), Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), deck paint, brush, h 143 mm ? w 210 mm

© Artokoloro