πCommon ling
De leng (Molva molva) is een straalvinnige vis uit de familie Lotidae en de orde van de kabeljauwachtigen (Gadiformes), die voorkomt in het noordwesten en het noordoosten van de Atlantische Oceaan, de Noordzee en de Middellandse Zee.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Molva molva yet.
- 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
Everything we know about the Common ling
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass45 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Body length1.06 mrecord 2 m Β· FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails βHide β
Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Trophic level4.4FishBaseDetails βHide β
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails βHide β
From trophic level 4.4 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2β2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Volume l45 LaverageDetails βHide β
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊorderGadiformes
- βΊfamilyLotidae
- βΊgenusMolva
- βΊspeciesMolva molva
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- orderGadiformes
- genusMolva
All 11 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- orderGadiformes
- genusMolva
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