Allfishes
Atlantic pomfret
Brama brama
The body is large, strongly compressed at the sides. Forehead strongly convex. Snout blunt, mouth terminal …
Fauna of the Irminger Sea
Many species of marine animals such as whales, seals, walruses and dolphins can be found in the Irminger Sea. There are commercial stocks of Sebastes mentella in the pelagic part of the area and stocks of Coryphaenoides rupestris and Splendid alfonsino in the northern part.
Common fish in the Irminger Sea
Mackerel pike northern (Scomberesox saurus saurus)
Cusk (Brosme brosme)
Common ling (Molva molva)
Blue ling (Molva dipterigia dipterigia)
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua morhua)
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Macrourus berglax
Splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama)
Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)
Anarhichas minor (Anarhichas minor)
Northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)
Centrolophus niger
Sebastes mentella
Golden grouper (Sebastes marinus)
Sebastes viviparus
Sharks of the Irminger Sea
Alopias vulpinus - Common thresher
Carcharodon carcharias - Great white shark
Lamna nasus - Porbeagle
Cetorhinus maximus - Basking shark
Somniosus microcephalus - Greenland shark
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Atlantic saury
Scomberesox saurus
Representatives of this species are characterised by highly elongated beak-like jaws, very small teeth, elongated bodies …
Beaked redfish
Sebastes mentella
Massive body covered with ctenoid scales. Numerous spines and ridges are poorly developed on the head. …
Black ruff
Centrolophus niger
Body oval, elongated, largely compressed at the sides. Head comparatively small with well developed seismosensory pores …
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
The body is elongated, slender with a narrow tail stock. The lower jaw is longer than …
Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou
The body is elongated and covered with very small, slightly falling cycloid scales. There is no …
Cod, Atlantic
Gadus morhua
The Atlantic cod has three dark dorsal fins and two dark anal fins, none of which …
Common ling
Molva molva
These fish have an elongated body and a long head large mouth, which has large teeth, …
Cusk
Brosme brosme
Has an elongated body covered with fine scales. The lateral line begins at the head, runs …
Golden grouper
Saloptia powelli
The golden grouper has a stout, elongated body with a depth of 2.6-3.1 times the standard …
Greenland Shark
Somniosus microcephalus
The head is elongated and the distance from the tip of the snout to the pectoral …
Northern wolffish
Anarhichas denticulatus
The body is elongated, but taller than other anarhichids, tapering to a tail stalk covered with …
Norway redfish
Sebastes viviparus
The body is large and covered with ctenoid scales. The head is large with numerous spines. …
Rock grenadier
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Body elongated, tapering caudally to a thin filament, covered with fine cycloid scales with numerous denticles. …
Roughhead grenadier
Macrourus berglax
The body is elongated, highest near the first dorsal fin and tapering towards the rear end. …
Shark, Basking
Cetorhinus maximus
The dark gray or slate-gray fish, transitioning to a paler hue, got its name from its …
Shark, Porbeagle
Lamna nasus
The porbeagle has a strong, cobalt blue body with a perfectly conical snout ending in a …
Shark, White
Carcharodon carcharias
The white shark has a strong, heavy body that can be a dull slate-blue, grayish-brown, or …
Sharks
Like all fish, sharks are vertebrates, but ichthyologists separate them from most bony fish because a …
Sharks, Thresher
Alopias species
Known by various names, the thresher shark is distinguished by its well-branched tail, whose upper blade …
Splendid alfonsino
Beryx splendens
The body is elongated, its height less than or equal to the length of the head. …
Spotted wolffish
Anarhichas minor
The body is moderately elongated. The head is large. Coulter row of teeth does not protrude …
Wolffish: Atlanitc Wolffish
Anarhichas lupus
The wolffish has no pelvic fins, and the dorsal fin, which begins just behind the head, …