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Molva
Sign in to saveMolva is a genus of lotid fishes, the lings, with these currently recognized species: Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784) (blue ling) Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810) (Spanish ling) Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758) (common ling)
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGadiformes
- FamilyLotidae
Molva is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van kwabalen (Lotidae). Het geslacht is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven in 1819 door Lesueur.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Lotidae
- Collections
- MZLU, ZMUC, UMMZ, NHMUK, NRM
- Recorded in
- France, Norway, Denmark, China, Ireland, Greenland, Iceland
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- References
Molva is a genus of lotid fishes, the lings, with these currently recognized species: Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784) (blue ling) Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810) (Spanish ling) Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758) (common ling)
==Etymology==
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