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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 -

Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Qaleralik Hellefisk Netarnârak

Names of the most common fish in Greenland

Arctic char Spotted wolf-fish

Atlantic Salmon Atlantic Cod

Golden redfish Greenland cod

Identifying the most common fish in Greenland

Atlantic halibut Greenland halibut

Long rough dab Sculpin

Greenland shark

The illustration below of a largemouth bass shows some of the common externalfeatures that are used to describe the differences between fish that are describedin more detail below