Blue ling

Blue ling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Lotidae
Genus: Molva
Species:
M. dypterygia
Binomial name
Molva dypterygia
(Pennant, 1784)
Synonyms
  • Blennius tridactylus Lacepède, 1800
  • Gadus abyssorum Nilsson, 1832
  • Gadus byrkelange Walbaum, 1792
  • Gadus danicus Bonnaterre, 1788
  • Gadus dypterygius Pennant, 1784
  • Molva abyssorum (Nilsson, 1832)

The blue ling (Molva dypterygia) is a marine ray-finned fish in the family Lotidae (which is related to the cod family Gadidae). It is found in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, and is commercially important.

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