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Fossil Wolffish (Anarhichadidae) From the Miocene Deposits of Sakhalin Island

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In the deposits of the Middle–Late Miocene of the deep-water Kurasi Formation of Southwestern Sakhalin, a destroyed skeleton of the wolffish head Anarhichadidae gen. et sp. indet. was found. This is the most ancient find of the fossil representative of the family. The features of the dentition of the lower jaw and the vomer of the Miocene fish is similar to those of a modern Atlantic species: spotted wolffish Anarhichas minor.

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We are deeply grateful to the reviewer for valuable comments about the organization of the article.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 17-04-00596a.

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Nazarkin, M.V., Platonov, V.V. Fossil Wolffish (Anarhichadidae) From the Miocene Deposits of Sakhalin Island. J. Ichthyol. 60, 109–113 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945220010099

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