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Species
Least Concerngreen pollack
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGadiformes
- FamilyGadidae
Habitatmarine
Observations907
Observations recorded19,071
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 176
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Gadidae
- Collections
- YPM, ZMO
- Recorded in
- Norway
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pollachius
- Image
- Pollachius pollachius 02.jpg
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- taxon name
- Pollachius pollachius
- Commons category
- Pollachius pollachius
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- abadexu
- taxon rank
- species
- short name
- P. pollachius
- regional conservation status
- Critically Endangered
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Pollachius pollachius is a species of marine fish in the family Gadidae. FAO uses the English name pollack for this species, whereas in American English it is known as European pollock. Other vernacular names include lythe, and in the Isle of Man, callig.
It is common in the north-eastern parts of the Northern Atlantic, including the Bay of Biscay and North Sea. Adults can grow up to 130 cm (51 in) and weigh up to 12.5 kg (28 lb), although more commonly their maximum length is 75 cm (30 in).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pollachius pollachius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.