Iceland country information

Common names: Blálanga
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: FAO, 1992
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the southern coast (Ref. 1371).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ic.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://brunnur.stjr.is/interpro/sjavarutv/english.nsf/pages/front
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jonsson, G., 1992
National Database:

Classification / Names

ऐकटीनोप्टीरेजी (रेज़-फिन्नढ मछलियाँ) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Lotidae (Hakes and burbots)
आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Мольва голубая (=биркеланга), Lingue bleue, Maruca azul, ... more

Main reference

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba. 1990. (Ref. 1371)
संदर्भ | Biblio | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

आकार / वज़न / Age

Max length : 155 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 1371); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 30.0 kg (Ref. 35388); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 20 वर्षो (Ref. 1371)

Length at first maturity
L_m 86.5 range ? - 88 cm

पर्यावरण

; समुद्री ड़िमरसल; गैर प्रवासी; गहराई सीमा 150 - 1000 m (Ref. 54594), usually 350 - 500 m (Ref. 54594)

जलवायु / सीमा

Temperate, preferred 5°C (Ref. 107945); 79°N - 29°N, 65°W - 44°E (Ref. 54594)

वितरण

Northeast Atlantic: Southwestern Barents Sea, sometimes north to Spitsbergen, southeastern Greenland, southern coast of Iceland, around the British Isles and south to Morocco and into the western Mediterranean. Northwest Atlantic: Newfoundland.
देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Short description

पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण): 0; गुदा कांटा 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 70 - 81. Lower jaw longer than upper jaw; barbel shorter than eye diameter. Back gray-brown, grading to white ventrally. Posterior portions of vertical fins dark with pale margins.

Found mostly from 350-500 m depth on muddy bottoms. Feed on crustaceans and fish (flatfishes, gobies, rocklings) (Ref. 1371).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

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