Common names:
Bakalyaro, Bakalyaro balığı, Mezgit
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
brackish
Abundance:
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Importance:
commercial
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Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Catches in the Black Sea are usually used for feeding more valuable farmed species (Ref. 9988). Found in central coast of Black Sea (Sinop and Samsun vicinity) (Ref. 88083). Collected from the SW Black Sea shelf. A target demersal species where its annual catch has been reduced since 1988 (Ref. 115544). Also Ref. 1371.
Status of threat: Vulnerable (Ref. 58342).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Bilecenoğlu, M., Taskavak E., S. Mater and M. Kaya, 2002
National Database:
CLOMFOT
Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Merlangius:French, merlan = a fish (Ref. 45335). More on author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 200 m (Ref. 1371), usually 30 - 100 m (Ref. 1371). Temperate; 72°N - 35°N, 27°W - 42°E
Distribution
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