minor, Anarhichas Olafsen [E.] 1772:592, Pl. 42 [Vice-Lavmand Eggert Olafsens og Land-Physici Biarne Povelsens Reise igiennem Island v. 1; ref. 18493] Iceland. No types known. Also appeared in Müller 1776:40 [ref. 17808]. •Valid as Anarhichas minor Olafsen 1772 -- (Barsukov 1959:128 [ref. 23136], Barsukov 1973:529 [ref. 7213], Barsukov in Whitehead et al. 1986:1115 [ref. 13677], Robins & Ray 1986:235 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:434 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:166 [ref. 14674], Shinohara & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:218 [ref. 22531], Rountree in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:494 [ref. 26158], Moore et al. 2003:228 [ref. 27076], Mecklenburg 2003:3 [ref. 27300], Nelson et al. 2004:160 [ref. 27807], Møller et al. 2010:67 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:165 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:459 [ref. 33547], Afonso et al. 2016:72, 87 [ref. 36199], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:215 [ref. 34440], Dolgov et al. 2018:238 [ref. 41055], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:402 [ref. 36370], Simian et al. 2022:376 [ref. 40776], Page et al. 2023:214 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Anarhichas minor Olafsen 1772. Anarhichadidae. Distribution: North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean. Habitat: marine.