No.37 オオカミウオ

This saltwater fish belongs to the wolffish family of the sea bass family. It lives in reef areas at depths of about 60~100m in cold seas such as Hokkaido and Tohoku.

This specimen was CT scanned at the request of NHK Enterprises, Inc. as part of NHK E-television's “Gyogyotto Sakana★Star” program.
The “Giggling Sakana Star” program HP: https://www.nhk.jp/p/ts/P58QMGP4K1/

CT imaging revealed a very large number of bones. It has about 87 vertebrae, which allows it to wiggle its body into crevices in rocks.
Scallops, keg crabs, and sea urchins are also their favorite foods. The reason why they can chew up hard objects like scallops is in their teeth. The scallop has three types of teeth: sharp canine teeth on the front side of both jaws, flat-tipped molar-like teeth like human back teeth on the back side, and pharyngeal teeth on the back side. The molar-like teeth are most active in biting and crushing scallops. The lower side is the base and the upper side is the fist, like a roof tile cracker.