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Merlangius merlangus English Whiting, European Whiting, Golden Cutlet, North Sea Whiting, Spelding, Whiting

Merlangius merlangus is commonly referred to as English Whiting, European Whiting, Golden Cutlet, North Sea Whiting, Spelding, Whiting. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
5057 
AphiaID:
126438 
Scientific:
Merlangius merlangus 
German:
Wittling 
English:
English Whiting, European Whiting, Golden Cutlet, North Sea Whiting, Spelding, Whiting 
Category:
Morues (cabillauds)  
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Gadidae (Family) > Merlangius (Genus) > merlangus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Russland, the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Barents Sea, European Coasts, Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
10 - 200 Meter 
Size:
9.84" - 27.56" (25cm - 70cm) 
Weight:
3.1 kg 
Temperature:
3,6 °F - 12,2 °F (3,6°C - 12,2°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Amphipods, Clams, Cnidaria, Copepods, Crabs, Daphnia salina, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Isopods, Jellyfish, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Pas pour l'aquarium! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-01-22 18:52:08 

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution
Northeast Atlantic: southeastern Barents Sea and Iceland to Portugal, also in the Black Sea, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea and adjacent areas.
Rare in the northwestern Mediterranean.

Biology:
More commonly found from 30 to 100 m, mainly on mud and gravel bottoms, but also on sand and rock.
Feed on shrimps, crabs, mollusks, small fish, polychaetes and cephalopods.
Migrate to the open sea only after the first year of life. Eggs are pelagic. Larvae and juveniles are associated with jellyfish. Upon maturity, small chin barbel characteristic of juveniles disappear. Spawn in batches.

Synonyms:
Gadus euxinus Nordmann, 1840 (synonym)
Gadus merlangus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
Gadus merlangus euxinus Nordmann, 1840
Gadus merlangus merlangus Linnaeus, 1758
Merlangius merlangius (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Merlangius merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840)
Merlangius merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Merlangus linnei Malm, 1877
Merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Merlangus merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840) (misspelling)
Merlangus vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Odontogadus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Odontogadus merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840)
Odontogadus merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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