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Blue Ling

Molva dypterygia

Classification

Family
Lotidae

The blue ling (Molva dypterygia) is a marine ray-finned fish in the family Lotidae (which is related to the cod family Gadidae). It is found in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, and is commercially important. Taxonomy The blue ling was first described as Gadus dypterygius by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant in 1784; Pennant referred to earlier work by Otto Friedrich Müller in the description.

Distribution

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United Kingdom · 22Belgium · 7France · 2Spain · 1