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Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Classification

Family
Gadidae

Merlangius merlangus, commonly known as whiting or merling, is an important food fish in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and the northern Mediterranean, western Baltic, and Black Sea. In Anglophonic countries outside the whiting's natural range, the name "whiting" has been applied to various other species of fish. Description Merlangius merlangus has three dorsal fins with a total of 30 to 40 soft rays and two anal fins with 30 to 35 soft rays.

Distribution

Peter van der Sluijs · CC BY
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United Kingdom · 27,101Belgium · 10,706Netherlands · 3,016Germany · 387France · 124Italy · 1