Molva molva Ling

Molva molva is commonly referred to as Ling. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5036 

AphiaID:

126461 

Scientific:

Molva molva 

German:

Leng, Lengfisch 

English:

Ling 

Category:

Codfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Lotidae (Family) > Molva (Genus) > molva (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Russland, Straße von Gibraltar, Barents Sea, Bay of Biscay, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Greenland, Iceland, Morocco, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

100 - 1000 Meter 

Size:

39.37" - 78.74" (100cm - 200cm) 

Weight:

45 kg 

Temperature:

35.6 °F - 78.8 °F (2°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Clams, Copepods, Fish (little fishes), Lobster, Snails, Starfishs, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Molva dypterygia
  Blauleng
• Molva macrophthalma
• 
  Molva molva
  Leng, Lengfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-01-17 13:40:23 

Last edit:

2013-01-17 13:40:23 

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