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Pollachius virens  (Linnaeus, 1758)

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United Kingdom country information

Common names: American pollack, Baddock, Billet
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1992
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
National Database:

Classification / Names

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

Common names from other countries

Main reference

आकार / वज़न / Age

Max length : 130 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 1371); common length : 60.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4645); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 32.0 kg (Ref. 7251); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 25 वर्षो (Ref. 1371)

Length at first maturity
Lm 39.1  range ? - ? cm

पर्यावरण

; समुद्री ड़िमरसल; औशिनोड़िरोमस (Ref. 51243); गहराई सीमा 37 - 364 m (Ref. 5951)

जलवायु / सीमा

Temperate, preferred 6°C (Ref. 107945); 77°N - 33°N, 76°W - 35°E

वितरण

Eastern Atlantic: Barents Sea, Spitsbergen to Bay of Biscay, around Iceland. Western Atlantic: southwest Greenland, Hudson Strait to North Carolina, although rare at the extremes of the range. Migrations for spawning are known to occur. Also long-distance north-south migrations for Europe and the US.
देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Short description

पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण): 0; गुदा कांटा 0. Chin barbel small. Lateral line smooth along its entire length. Body color is brownish-green dorsally, becoming only slightly paler ventrally. The lateral line pale.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

An active, gregarious fish occurring inshore and offshore waters. Usually enters coastal waters in spring and returns to deeper waters in winter (Ref. 9988). Smaller fish in inshore waters feed on small crustaceans (copepods, amphipods, euphausiids) and small fish, while larger fish prey predominantly upon fishes. Spawn in batches (Ref. 51846). Utilized fresh, dried or salted, smoked, canned and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Threat to humans

  Harmless



Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: उच्च वाणिज्य; आखेट मत्स्य: हां

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इंटरनेट स्रोत

Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD50 = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.3   ±0.4 se; Based on diet studies.

लौटाव (Ref. 69278)
माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (rm=0.55-0.87; K=0.07-0.17; tm=2-10; tmax=25; Fec=220,000)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (59 of 100)
Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low