WoRMS taxon details
Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784)
126459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126459)
accepted
Species
Gadus abyssorum Nilsson, 1832 · unaccepted
Gadus dypterygius Pennant, 1784 · unaccepted
Molva abyssorum (Nilsson, 1832) · unaccepted
Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Molva dipterygia dipterygia (Pennant, 1784) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Molva dipterygius (Pennant, 1784) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Molva dypterygia dypterygia (Pennant, 1784) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Molva dypterygia dypterygia (Pennant, 1784) accepted as Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784)
- Subspecies Molva dypterygia macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus dypterygius Pennant, 1784) Pennant, T. (1784-85). Arctic zoology. 2 vols. <em>Henry Hughs, London.</em> Vol. 1: [10] + I-CC + [5] + 1-185, Pls. 1-8, (1784), Vol. 2: 187-586 + [13], Pls. 9-23 (1785). [vol. 1 (1784) [includes introduction], vol. 2 (1785).].
page(s): lxxvi [details]
page(s): lxxvi [details]
Distribution Northwest Atlantic: Newfoundland
Distribution Northwest Atlantic: Newfoundland [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126459 on 2026-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gadus abyssorum Nilsson, 1832) Nilsson, S. (1832). Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. <em>Lundae.</em> i-iv + 1-124. [details]
original description (of Gadus dypterygius Pennant, 1784) Pennant, T. (1784-85). Arctic zoology. 2 vols. <em>Henry Hughs, London.</em> Vol. 1: [10] + I-CC + [5] + 1-185, Pls. 1-8, (1784), Vol. 2: 187-586 + [13], Pls. 9-23 (1785). [vol. 1 (1784) [includes introduction], vol. 2 (1785).].
page(s): lxxvi [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]
original description (of Gadus dypterygius Pennant, 1784) Pennant, T. (1784-85). Arctic zoology. 2 vols. <em>Henry Hughs, London.</em> Vol. 1: [10] + I-CC + [5] + 1-185, Pls. 1-8, (1784), Vol. 2: 187-586 + [13], Pls. 9-23 (1785). [vol. 1 (1784) [includes introduction], vol. 2 (1785).].
page(s): lxxvi [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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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 Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on crustaceans and fish, such as flatfishes, gobies and rocklings [details]Distribution Northwest Atlantic: Newfoundland [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found mainly at depths of 350- 500 m, on muddy bottoms. [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | blålange | [details] |
| Dutch | blauwe leng | [details] |
| English | blue ling | [details] |
| French | lingue bleuelingue [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Blauleng | [details] |
| Italian | molva occhiona [from synonym] | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | pentiki [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | blålange | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | blålange | [details] |
| Spanish | arbitan [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | birkelånga | [details] |
| Welsh | honos glas | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Molva dipterygius (Pennant, 1784))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Molva abyssorum (Nilsson, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gadus abyssorum Nilsson, 1832)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Molva dypterygia)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus abyssorum Nilsson, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus dypterygius Pennant, 1784)
To FishBase (from synonym Molva dypterygia dypterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To FishBase (from synonym Molva dipterygius (Pennant, 1784))
To FishBase (from synonym Molva abyssorum (Nilsson, 1832))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Gadus dypterygius Pennant, 1784)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Molva dipterygius (Pennant, 1784))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Molva abyssorum (Nilsson, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gadus abyssorum Nilsson, 1832)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Molva dypterygia)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus abyssorum Nilsson, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus dypterygius Pennant, 1784)
To FishBase (from synonym Molva dypterygia dypterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To FishBase (from synonym Molva dipterygius (Pennant, 1784))
To FishBase (from synonym Molva abyssorum (Nilsson, 1832))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Gadus dypterygius Pennant, 1784)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784))
To ITIS
