Found mostly from 350-500 m depth on muddy bottoms. Feed on crustaceans and fish (flatfishes, gobies, rocklings) (Ref. 1371).

 Molva dypterygia is a member of the cod-like family. It has a very elongate slender body, up to 1.5 m in length, and a small and narrow head. It has two dorsal fins, the first of which is short, the second is long and runs continuously from the beginning of the tail fin to two thirds of the body length. The anal fin is also long and continuous but shorter than the dorsal fin. The tail fin is concave to rounded in shape. The upper body is grey-brown in colour, grading to white underneath.

North Atlantic (including western Baltic Sea, northern North Sea).

European waters (ERMS scope), Irish Exclusive economic Zone, North West Atlantic, Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

Northeast Atlantic: southwestern Barents Sea, sometimes north to Spitsbergen, southeastern Greenland, southern coast of Iceland, around the British Isles and south to Morocco and into the Mediterranean. Northwest Atlantic: Newfoundland.

Northwest Atlantic: Newfoundland

North Atlantic (including western Baltic Sea, northern North Sea).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 70 - 81

Maximum size: 1550 mm TL

155 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 1371)); max. published weight: 30.0 kg (Ref. 35388); max. reported age: 20 years (Ref. 1371)

Lower jaw longer than upper jaw; barbel shorter than eye diameter. Back gray-brown, grading to white ventrally. Posterior portions of vertical fins dark with pale margins.

demersal; non-migratory; marine; depth range 150 - 1000 m (Ref. 54594), usually 350 - 500 m (Ref. 54594)

benthic

Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found mainly at depths of 350- 500 m, on muddy bottoms.

Known from seamounts and knolls

Depth range based on 395 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 271 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 27 - 80000
  Temperature range (°C): 5.741 - 12.053
  Nitrate (umol/L): 4.937 - 18.543
  Salinity (PPS): 35.027 - 35.621
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.579 - 6.293
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.432 - 1.203
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.871 - 11.591

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 27 - 80000

Temperature range (°C): 5.741 - 12.053

Nitrate (umol/L): 4.937 - 18.543

Salinity (PPS): 35.027 - 35.621

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.579 - 6.293

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.432 - 1.203

Silicate (umol/l): 1.871 - 11.591
 
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 The blue ling is a demersal species usually found on the continental slopes at depths between 300-500 m, often on muddy bottoms.

Depth: 150 - 1000m.
From 150 to 1000 meters.

Habitat: demersal.

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1

Not Evaluated

fisheries: commercial