Catfish belongs to Wolffishes family.

Max. size: 150 cm. Max. published weight: 23.6 kg. Enviroment: demersal; oceanodromous; marine. Depth range 1 – 500 m. Climate: temperate. Minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years. Distribution: Northeast Atlantic: Spitsbergen southward to White Sea, Scandinavian coasts, North Sea, the British Isles, also Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland. Northwest Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada and western Greenland to Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA; rarely to New Jersey, USA. Feeds on hard-shelled mollusks, crabs, lobsters, sea urchins and other echinoderms. Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked.