Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Lotidae Hakes and burbots

Genus: Molva

(See list of species below)

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3 species (see list below)

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Photo by Salesjö, A.

Molva dypterygia
[Blue ling]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Molva macrophthalma
[Spanish ling]

Photo by Calypso Photolibrary

Molva molva
[Ling]

3 Species of Family Lotidae with Genus Molva
(Hakes and burbots)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1784	Molva dypterygia	Blue ling	Northeast Atlantic	155 TL
1810	Molva macrophthalma	Spanish ling	Eastern Atlantic	108 TL
1758	Molva molva	Ling	Northwest Atlantic	200 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: GadiformesFamily: Lotidae Hakes and burbotsGenus: Molva(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Lotidae Hakes and burbots

Genus: Molva

(See list of species below)