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Pollachius virens is a species of marine fish in the genus Pollachius. Together with P. pollachius, it is generally referred to in the United States as pollock. It is commonly known in Britain as the coalfish, coley, or saithe, and the young fish may also be called podleys or cuddies in Scotland and northern England.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Pollachius virens yet.
- Body mass
- 18 kg
- Body length
- 0.6 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 25 years
Everything we know about the Pollock
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass18 kgrecord 32 kg Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
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Record: largest individual on record
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Body length0.6 mrecord 1.3 m Β· FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails βHide β
Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsrecord 25 years Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level4.31FishBaseDetails βHide β
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails βHide β
From trophic level 4.31 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2β2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Volume l18 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 Pollock yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊorderGadiformes
- βΊfamilyGadidae
- βΊgenusPollachius
- βΊspeciesPollachius virens
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- orderGadiformes
- genusPollachius
All 11 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- orderGadiformes
- genusPollachius
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