WoRMS taxon details
Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758)
126440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126440)
accepted
Species
Gadus lycostomus Faber, 1828 · unaccepted
Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gadus viridis Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Merlangus pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Pollachius linnei Malm, 1877 · unaccepted
Pollachius typus Bonaparte, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126440 on 2026-10-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pollachius typus Bonaparte, 1846) Bonaparte, C.L. (1846). Catalogo metodico dei pesci europei. <em>Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli.</em> Part 2: 1-95.
page(s): 45 [details]
original description (of Gadus lycostomus Faber, 1828) Faber, F. (1828). Kort efterretning om en zoologisk rejse til det nordligste Jylland i sommeren 1827. <em>Tidsskrift for naturvidenskaberne, Kjöbenhavn.</em> v. 5 (no. 15): 243-256. [details]
original description (of Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pollachius linnei Malm, 1877) Malm, A. W. (1877). Göteborgs och Bohusläns fauna, ryggradsdjuren. <em>Göteborg Handelstidning Akteriolags Tryckeri Göteborg.</em> 1-674, Pls. 1-9., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=Y7ctAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
original description (of Gadus lycostomus Faber, 1828) Faber, F. (1828). Kort efterretning om en zoologisk rejse til det nordligste Jylland i sommeren 1827. <em>Tidsskrift for naturvidenskaberne, Kjöbenhavn.</em> v. 5 (no. 15): 243-256. [details]
original description (of Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pollachius linnei Malm, 1877) Malm, A. W. (1877). Göteborgs och Bohusläns fauna, ryggradsdjuren. <em>Göteborg Handelstidning Akteriolags Tryckeri Göteborg.</em> 1-674, Pls. 1-9., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=Y7ctAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Schelde)
Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Eschmeyer, W.N. (1969). A systematic review of the scorpionfishes of the Atlantic Ocean (Pisces: Scorpaenidae). <em>Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 79: i-iv + 1-143.
page(s): 254 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Eschmeyer, W.N. (1969). A systematic review of the scorpionfishes of the Atlantic Ocean (Pisces: Scorpaenidae). <em>Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 79: i-iv + 1-143.
page(s): 254 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Basque | abadira | [details] |
| Breton | levneggouleg | [details] |
| Catalan | eglefí | [details] |
| Danish | lubbe | [details] |
| Dutch | witte koolvisvlaswijtingvlasserpollak | [details] |
| English | pollacklythegreen pollack | [details] |
| Faroese | lýri | [details] |
| French | lieu jaunecolin jaune | [details] |
| Galician | badeixoabadexo | [details] |
| German | SteinköhlerPollack | [details] |
| Icelandic | lýr | [details] |
| Irish | mongachmágach | [details] |
| Italian | merluzzo gialloabadejo | [details] |
| Norwegian | lyr | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | lyr | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | lyr | [details] |
| Portuguese | julianabadejo | [details] |
| Scottish Gaelic | lythe | [details] |
| Spanish | abadejo | [details] |
| Swedish | lyrtorskbleka | [details] |
| Welsh | morlas | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (239 publications) (from synonym Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gadus viridis Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gadus lycostomus Faber, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) (from synonym Merlangus pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pollachius pollachius)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus lycostomus Faber, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus viridis Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Pollachius linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Pollachius typus Bonaparte, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlangus pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (5631 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To GenBank (5631 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5631 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Merlangus pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (239 publications) (from synonym Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gadus viridis Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gadus lycostomus Faber, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) (from synonym Merlangus pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pollachius pollachius)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus lycostomus Faber, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus viridis Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Pollachius linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Pollachius typus Bonaparte, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlangus pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (5631 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To GenBank (5631 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Gadus pollachius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5631 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Merlangus pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
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