noun. Any of several northern marine fishes of the family Anarhichadidae, having a long tapering body and a large head with powerful teeth used to feed on mollusks.

noun. Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae.

noun. large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

noun. large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

"We have caught 17 Greenland halibut and one northern wolffish: a splendid return for two hours' tea-drinking."

blennioid  blennioid fish  malacopterygian  soft-finned fish  

wolffishes