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Merlangius merlangus  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Whiting
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Isle of Man country information

Common names: Finnag, Kelk, Whiting
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Common in trawl catches. Early 0-group fish under umbrella of Cyanea and Rhizostoma. Later 0-group fish also in Port Erin Bay. Spawning: Feb.-June, possibly July.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/im.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bruce, J.R., J.S. Colman and N.S. Jones, 1963
National Database:

Classificação / Names

Actinopterygii (peixes com raios nas barbatanas) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Мерланг, Merlan, Plegonero, ... more

Referência principal

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba. 1990. (Ref. 1371)
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Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Max length : 70.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 1371); common length : 23.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 1371); Peso máx. publicado: 3.1 kg (Ref. 40637); Idade máx. registada: 20 anos (Ref. 35388)

Length at first maturity
 Lm 27.8, range 28 - 30 cm

Ambiente

; marinhas; estuarina bentopelágico; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 10 - 200 m (Ref. 1371), usually 30 - 100 m (Ref. 1371)

Clima / Intervalo

Temperate, preferred 11°C (Ref. 107945); 72°N - 35°N, 27°W - 42°E

Distribuição

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.
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Descrição breve

Espinhos dorsais (total): 0; Raios dorsais moles (total): 30-40; Raios anais moles: 30 - 35. Body elongate; head small. Chin barbel small or absent. Lateral-line canals on head with pores. Color is variable; yellowish-brown, dark blue or green, sides yellowish grey, white and silvery on belly; often with a small dark blotch at the upper base of the pectoral fin.

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

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 (Ref. 53061). Spawn in batches (Ref. 51846). Utilized fresh, dried or salted, smoked and frozen; eaten steamed, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988).

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 115185)

  Preocupação menor (LC) 

Ameaça para o homem

  Harmless



Utilização humana

Pescarias: altamente comercial; peixe desportivo: sim; Aquário: Aquários públicos

Ferramentas

Bio-Quiz | E-book | Guia de campo | Chaves de identificação | Ferramenta auxiliar de frequências de comprimento | Ferramenta sobre a história de vida | Mapa dos pontos | Classification Tree

Relatórios especiais

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Descarregue XML

Página de resumo | Dado pontual | Nomes comuns | Fotografias

Fontes da internet

BHL | BOLDSystems | Consultar outros websites | Consultar FishWatcher | CISTI | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO(pescarias: produção, perfil da espécie; publication : search) | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | GenBank(genoma, nucleotídeo) | GOBASE | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | iSpecies | Bases de dados nacionais | Aquários públicos | PubMed | Scirus | Sea Around Us | SeaLifeBase | Árvore da vida | uBio | uBio RSS | Wikipedia(ir para, procurar) | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Registo zoológico | Fishtrace

Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
 PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278)
 4.4   ±0.2 se; Based on diet studies.

Resiliência (Ref. 69278)
 Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (rm=1.1-1.6(?); K=0.07-0.74; tm=1-4; tmax=20; Fec>100,000)

Vulnerabilidade (Ref. 59153)
 Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100)
Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766)
 Medium