Micromesistius poutassou Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou is commonly referred to as Blue whiting. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 126439

Scientific:: Micromesistius poutassou
German:: Blaue Wittling
English:: Blue Whiting

Category:: Codfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Gadidae (Family) > Micromesistius (Genus) > poutassou (Species)
Initial determination:: (Risso, ), 1827

Occurrence:: Barents Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, East-Atlantic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean Sea, USA
Sea depth:: 150 - 3000 Meter
Size:: 8.66" - 19.69" (22cm - 50cm)
Temperature:: 28.4 °F - 78.8 °F (-2°C - 26°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Isopods, Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia
Tank:: 329.97 gal (~ 1500L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Micromesistius australis
Micromesistius poutassou
Blaue Wittling

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-15 13:15:47
Last edit:: 2013-01-15 13:15:47

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(Risso, 1827)

Distribution:
Northeast Atlantic: Barents Sea south through the eastern Norwegian Sea, around Iceland, then in the western Mediterranean, and south along the African coast to Cape Bojador. Northwest Atlantic: southern Greenland and off southeast Canada and the northeastern coast of the USA.

Biology:
Found over the continental slope and shelf to more than 1000 m, but more common at 300-400 m. Feeds mostly on small crustaceans but large individuals also prey on small fish and cephalopods.
Makes daily vertical migrations: surface waters at night and near the bottom during the day.

Synonym:
Boreogadus poutassou (Risso, 1827)
Gadus melanostomus Nilsson, 1855
Gadus potassoa (Risso, 1827) (misspelling)
Gadus poutassou (Risso, 1827)
Merlangius poutassou Risso, 1827 (basionym)
Merlangus albus Yarrell, 1841
Merlangus communis Costa, 1844 (synonym)
Merlangus pertusis Cocco, 1829 (misspelling)
Merlangus pertusus Cocco, 1829
Merlangus poutassou Risso, 1827
Merlangus vernalis Risso, 1827
Micromessistius poutassou (Risso, 1827) (misspelling)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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