However, it is always sold skinned and beheaded for obvious reasons. A decent torch is very useful for spotting them as they usually withdraw into the hole as they are approached.Ĭaught commercially as by-catch and marketed in the north of Britain as Scotch Halibut and Scarborough Woof, the flesh is excellent quality. Although they can occasionally be found in fairly shallow water, they are more frequently seen below 20m lying with their heads protruding from holes. Abbs Head in Berwickshire and particularly at the sites known as the Black Carrs and the Skelly. Its fearsome set of teeth are used for smashing up shellfish and sea urchins and the whole of the inside of the mouth is made up of grinding molars.ĭespite its rather unfriendly appearance, it is a shy fish underwater and quite difficult to approach.The very best place to see them while diving is in the Marine Reserve off St.
The Wolf Fish is a powerful, elongated fish with a dorsal fin extending the whole length of its body. Certainly when seen dead in a fish box the blue colour has gone. Many guide books describe them as grey but I think this comes from observing them in fish markets or maybe in aquaria. It can grow to over a metre in length and once mature, it adopts an unusual blue colour. In some areas it is known as the wolf eel, catfish or sea wolf.
The Wolf Fish or Anarhichas lupus is at the southern edge of its range around the north-eastern coasts of the UK.
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