Anarhichas Linnaeus [C.] 1758:247 Masc. Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. On Official List (Direction 56). Variously misspelled, or unjustifiably emended, in early literature as Anarichas, Anarchias, Anarchichas, Annarhichas, Anarrhichas. Spelled Anarhicas and Annarichas by Mitchill 1818:242 [ref. 30214]. Anarhicas Latreille 1804 is on the Official Index (Direction 56). •Valid as Anarhichas Linnaeus 1758 -- (Barsukov 1959:144 [ref. 23136], Barsukov 1973:528 [ref. 7213], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:18 [ref. 7348], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:304 [ref. 6441], Barsukov in Whitehead et al. 1986:1113 [ref. 13677], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:781 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27300], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:458 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:214 [ref. 34440]). Current status: Valid as Anarhichas Linnaeus 1758. Anarhichadidae.