Melanogrammus aeglefinus 318932194๐ŸŸ

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SpeciesGadiformesGadidae
Fish

๐ŸŸHaddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

De schelvis (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) is een straalvinnige vis uit de familie van de kabeljauwen (Gadidae) die voorkomt in het noordoosten van de Atlantische Oceaan van de Golf van Biskaje tot aan Svalbard. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd als Gadus aeglefinus in 1758 gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus. De vis is minder algemeen in het noordwestelijk deel van de Atlantische Oceaan voor de kust van Canada en de VS.

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Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 1996.

Key measurements
Body mass
9.24 kg
Body length
0.35 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
20 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Haddock

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

Body mass
9.24 kgrecord 17 kg ยท FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.35 mrecord 1.12 m ยท FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

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

Maximum lifespan
20 yearsrecord 20 years ยท FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.03
FishBase
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04, estimate table ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.03 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2โ€“2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
FishBase
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
9.2 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 Haddock yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. โ€บphylumChordata
  3. โ€บorderGadiformes
  4. โ€บfamilyGadidae
  5. โ€บgenusMelanogrammus
  6. โ€บspeciesMelanogrammus aeglefinus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. orderGadiformes
  4. genusMelanogrammus
All 11 branches โ†“
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. orderGadiformes
  11. genusMelanogrammus
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hyse (nb), Schellfisch (de), Anon (fr), Eglefino (es), schelvis (nl), Plamiak (pl) โ€ฆ and 24 more languages

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