blue ling

Molva dypterygia

Longer lower jaw with short barbel

blue ling is a marine fish found around Northeast Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 155 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Lotidae
Genus: Molva
Maximum length: 155 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Northeast Atlantic: Southwestern Barents Sea, sometimes north to Spitsbergen, southeastern Greenland, southern coast of Iceland, around the British Isles and south to Morocco and into the western Mediterranean. Northwest Atlantic: Newfoundland.

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