Gadus aeglefinus

E82967

fish species marine organism

Gadus aeglefinus is the haddock, a North Atlantic marine fish widely used in traditional smoked and fried dishes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Melanogrammus aeglefinus	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fish species ⓘ marine organism ⓘ
acceptedScientificName	Melanogrammus ⓘ surface form: Melanogrammus aeglefinus
bodyShape	elongated ⓘ
class	Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialUse	food fish ⓘ
commonName	eglefino ⓘ haddock ⓘ églefin ⓘ
describedBy	Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
diet	benthic invertebrates ⓘ small fish ⓘ
distribution	Barents Sea ⓘ North Sea ⓘ eastern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: Northeast Atlantic Ocean Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area ⓘ surface form: Northwest Atlantic Ocean
economicImportance	commercial fisheries ⓘ
environment	marine ⓘ
family	Gadidae ⓘ
fishingMethod	gillnetting ⓘ longlining ⓘ trawling ⓘ
fleshColor	white ⓘ
genus	Melanogrammus ⓘ
habitat	North Atlantic area ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean continental shelf waters ⓘ
IUCNStatus	Least Concern ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
maximumLength	about 112 cm ⓘ
maximumWeight	about 19 kg ⓘ
order	Gadiformes ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
processingMethod	freezing ⓘ salting ⓘ smoking ⓘ
regionOfCulinaryImportance	Iceland ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
reproduction	oviparous ⓘ
spawningHabitat	pelagic waters ⓘ
synonym	Gadus aeglefinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Melanogrammus aeglefinus
taxonRank	species ⓘ
trophicLevel	carnivore ⓘ
typicalLength	30–70 cm ⓘ
usedIn	fish and chips ⓘ fried fish dishes ⓘ smoked fish dishes ⓘ
yearDescribed	1758 ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arbroath Smokies → requiresFishType → Gadus aeglefinus ⓘ

Gadus aeglefinus → synonym → Gadus aeglefinus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melanogrammus aeglefinus