Transcript Names of the most common fish in Greenland English Latin Greenlandic

Names of the most common fish in Greenland
English
Latin
Greenlandic
Danish
Inuktitut
Arctic char
Savelinus alpinus
Eqaluk
Ørred
Eqalukâkaq
Atlantic Salmon
Salmo salar
Kapisilik
Laks
Kapisilik
Atlantic Cod
Gadus morhua
Saarullik
Torsk
Saraudlik
Spotted wolf-fish
Anarchichas minor
Qeeraq
Plettet havkat
Qêraq
Golden redfish
(Rose fish)
Sebastes marinus
Sulupaagaq
Stor rødfisk
Iterdlarnat
Greenland cod
Gadus ogac
Uugak
Fjordtorsk
Ûvak
Sculpin
Myoxocephalus
scorpius
Kanajoq
Ulk
Kaniok
Greenland shark
Somniousus
microcephalus
Eqalussuaq
Grønlandshaj
Eqalussuaq
Long rough dab
Hippoglossoides
platessoides
Oquutaq
Håising
Okôtak
Atlantic halibut
Hippoglossus
hippoglossus
Nataarnaq
Helleflynder
-
Qaleralik
Hellefisk
Netarnârak
Greenland halibut Reinhardtius
hippoglossoides
Identifying the most common fish in Greenland
Arctic char
Atlantic Salmon
Golden redfish
Spotted wolf-fish
Atlantic Cod
Greenland cod
Sculpin
Long rough dab
Greenland shark
Atlantic halibut
Greenland halibut
The illustration below of a largemouth bass shows some of the common external
features that are used to describe the differences between fish that are described
in more detail below