Spanish ling
Species of fish
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The Spanish ling (Molva macrophthalma), also called the Mediterranean ling and even blue ling[1][3] (though the latter is also used for Molva dypterygia), is a species of fish in the family Lotidae.[1][2][3]
| Spanish ling | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Lotidae |
| Genus: | Molva |
| Species: | M. macrophthalma |
| Binomial name | |
| Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810) | |
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Description
It maximum length is 108 cm (3.54 ft).[3]
Habitat
Spanish ling lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and western Mediterranean;[1][3] it is common in the Azores. It lives at moderate shallow waters,[4] being recorded at depths of 388–754 m (1,273–2,474 ft) in the Ionian Sea, and has also been found in the Aegean Sea.[5][6]
