🐟Common ling
令魚，為輻鰭魚綱鱈形目江鱈科的其中一種，分布於西北大西洋區，包括格陵蘭至加拿大；東北大西洋區，包括巴倫支海至摩洛哥、地中海西北部海域，棲息深度100-1000公尺，本魚下頜比上頜長; 觸鬚短於眼直徑，背面灰褐色到腹側白色，垂直的鰭在後部部分深色且有灰白的邊緣，體長可達200公分，為底棲性魚類，棲息在岩石底質海域，屬肉食性，以魚類、甲殼類、海星等為食，可做為食用魚及遊釣魚。
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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 ↓Hide ↑
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Body length1.06 mrecord 2 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level4.4FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.4 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l45 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- orderGadiformes
- genusMolva
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- orderGadiformes
- genusMolva
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