WoRMS taxon details
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 126437
AphiaID: 126437
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Gadidae (Family) > Melanogrammus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Melanogrammus Gill, 1862 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aeglefinus linnei Malm, 1877 Gadus aeglefinus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Melanogrammes aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Morhua aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 251 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. 1976. Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B. 106 p. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Baltic sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oosterschelde [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Schelde estuary (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Westerschelde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Wimereux (not certain) [details] Zeeschelde [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus curtus O. F. Müller, 1785 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Clavella adunca (Strøm, 1762) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Bomolochus confusus Stock, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaeocera obtusa Kabata, 1957 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Cresseyus confusus (Stock, 1953) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (62 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (180 nucleotides; 212 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on bottom-living crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms and fishes [details] Distribution: Strait of Belle Isle to New Jersey [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Found inshore to the edge of the continental shelf, to depths of 200 m, over rock, sand or gravel bottoms. [details] Importance: Scientific- Highly commercial, gamefish [details] Predators: Cod, pollock and white hake [details] Reproduction: Spawning occurs from January to July in Canadian waters [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126437 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126437 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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