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Common names: Adag, Arbroath smokie, Attac
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1992
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
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Classification / Names

ऐकटीनोप्टीरेजी (रेज़-फिन्नढ मछलियाँ) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
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Common names from other countries

黑线鳕, Пикша, Églefin, ... more

Main reference

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba. 1990. (Ref. 1371)
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आकार / वज़न / Age

Max length : 112 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 5951); common length : 35.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4645); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 16.8 kg (Ref. 9988); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 20 वर्षो (Ref. 4645)

Length at first maturity
L_m 34.9 range ? - ? cm

पर्यावरण

; समुद्री ड़िमरसल; औशिनोड़िरोमस (Ref. 51243); गहराई सीमा 10 - 450 m, usually 10 - 200 m (Ref. 35388)

जलवायु / सीमा

Temperate, preferred 6°C (Ref. 107945); 79°N - 35°N, 76°W - 52°E

वितरण

Northeast Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Spitzbergen; in the Barents Sea to Novaya Zemlya; around Iceland; rare at the southern Greenland. Northwest Atlantic: Cape May, New Jersey to the Strait of Belle Isle.
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Short description

पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण): 0; गुदा कांटा 0. Mouth relatively small; lower jaw shorter than the upper jaw; chin barbel rather small. Lateral line dark, uninterrupted to about the end of the body. Lateral-line pores present on head. Scales overlapping. A large dark blotch is above the pectoral fin just below the lateral line.

Adults are found more commonly from 80 to 200 m, over rock, sand, gravel or shells, usually at temperatures between 4° and 10°C. Feed mainly on small bottom-living organisms including crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, worms and fishes (sand lance, capelin, silver hake, American eels, herring and argentines) (Ref. 5951). A batch spawner (Ref. 51846). Undertakes extensive migrations in the Barents Sea and Iceland. Sold fresh, chilled as fillets, frozen, smoked and canned. Also utilized for fish meal and animal feeds. Can be steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).