Blue ling
| Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784) | ||||
| Family: | Lotidae (Hakes and burbots) |
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| Order: | Gadiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Blue ling | |||
| Distribution: | Northeast Atlantic: Southwestern Barents Sea, sometimes north to Spitsbergen, southeastern Greenland, southern coast of Iceland, around the British Isles and south to Morocco and into the western Mediterranean. Northwest Atlantic: Newfoundland. | |||
| Adult biology: | Found mostly from 350-500 m depth on muddy bottoms. Feed on crustaceans and fish (flatfishes, gobies, rocklings) (Ref. 1371). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Distinctive characteristic from Molva molva: presence of a bar of caudal pigment and larger eyes. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 79°N - 29°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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