Ling, Common Ling

Molva molva (Linnaeus)

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North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

About

Family Gadidae

Portuguese: Donzela
Spanish: Maruca
French: Lingue, Julienne
Dutch: Leng
German: Leng
Russian: Morskaya stchuka
Swedish: Långa
Norwegian: Lange
Danish: Lange
Icelandic: Langa
Other: Longa (Faroese and Irish); Honos (Welsh)

REMARKS Maximum length 2 metres, usual market length 75 cm to 1 metre. The back is bronze-green or brown, and often marbled. Note the dark spot at the rear of the first dorsal fin. The dorsal and anal fins have white edges.

This species, which is commercially valuable, is mainly taken around Iceland, in the Norwegian Sea and on the west coasts of the British Isles.

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Dried and Salted Cod

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