Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dados populacionais

Atlântico Nordeste: da Islândia para Portugal, também no Mar Negro, Mar Egeu, Mar Adriático e áreas adjacentes.

Habitat

Espécie bentopelágica, geralmente encontrada em profundidades de 30-100 m. Pode ser encontrado perto de fundos de lama e cascalho, mas também de areia e rocha.

Ecologia

Alimenta-se de camarões, caranguejos, moluscos, pequenos peixes, poliquetas e cefalópodes.

Os ovos são pelágicos. Migra para o mar aberto somente após o primeiro ano de vida.

Características identificativas

• Coloração dorsal azul-esverdeada e branca-prateada na região dorsal;
• Três barbatanas dorsais pouco espaçadas e duas barbatanas anais;
• Mancha preta na base das barbatanas peitorais;
• Maxilar superior mais saliente;
• Barbilho mentoniano rudimentar ou ausente.

Facilmente confundível com:

Estatuto de Conservação

Sinónimos

Gadus euxinus Nordmann, 1840
Gadus merlangus Linnaeus, 1758
Gadus merlangus euxinus Nordmann, 1840
Gadus merlangus merlangus Linnaeus, 1758
Merlangius merlangius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Merlangius merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840)
Merlangius merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Merlangus linnei Malm, 1877
Merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Merlangus merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840)
Merlangus vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Odontogadus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Odontogadus merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840)
Odontogadus merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Informação Adicional

Tamanho mínimo de captura – 270 mm.

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Referências Internacionais

MARTINS, R.; CARNEIRO, M., 2018. Manual de identificação de peixes ósseos da costa continental portuguesa – Principais Características Diagnosticantes. IPMA, I.P.204p

Barnes, M.K.S. 2008. Merlangius merlangus Whiting. In Tyler-Walters H. and Hiscock K. (eds) Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Reviews. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Available from: https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/96

additional source Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. [details]

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2017). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 [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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2018). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES Beam Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019)., available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. (In preparation). [details]