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SpeciesGadiformesLotidae
Fish

🐟Common ling

Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758)

クロジマナガダラ (学名: Molva molva ) はタラ目に属する大型の海水魚である。体型は細長く、最大で全長2メートルに達する。ヨーロッパ沿岸を中心とした北大西洋に生息し、特に北東大西洋では漁業の対象として非常に重要な魚種であるが、その漁業の持続可能性について懸念が表明されることもある。幅広い地域で食用とされ、鮮魚や干物の状態で流通するほか、スペインではその卵巣が珍味として愛好される。

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≈ half your weight
Also called
ling
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Molva molva yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
45 kg
Body length
1.06 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
25 years
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Everything we know about the Common ling

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
45 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
1.06 mrecord 2 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
25 yearsmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
4.4
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.4 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Volume l
45 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Common ling yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGadiformes
  4. ›familyLotidae
  5. ›genusMolva
  6. ›speciesMolva molva
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. orderGadiformes
  4. genusMolva
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. orderGadiformes
  11. genusMolva
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lange (nb), Leng (de), Leng (nl), Molva molva (fr), Molwa pospolita (pl), Мольва (ru) … and 16 more languages
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