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Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Haddock
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Denmark country information

Common names: Fiskekage, Koldrøget kullerfilet, Kuller
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Flintegård, H., 1987
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Minimum size limit in TL: 35 cm in the North Sea, Baltic Sea, the Belts and Øresund; 32 cm in Skagerrak and Kattegat. Commercial fishing: 30 cm in the North Sea; 27 cm in Skagerrak and Kattegat (Ref. 10963). Ref. 6302.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/da.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Melanogrammus: Greek, melan, -anos = black + Greek, gramma = letter, signal (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 450 m, usually 10 - 200 m (Ref. 35388).   Temperate; 79°N - 36°N, 76°W - 62°E

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