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Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827)

Blue whiting
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Greece country information

Common names: Prosfygaki, Syko, Γαϊδουρόψαρο
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Tsimenides, N., G. Tserpes, A. Machias and A. Kallianiotis, 1991
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Cretan shelf (Ref. 40188). Recorded from the Eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 95775). Also Ref. 40. Also Ref. 40188.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Papaconstantinou, C., 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Micromesistius: Greek, mikros = small + greek, mesos = middle + Greek, istion = sail (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Risso.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 150 - 3000 m (Ref. 3663), usually 300 - 400 m.   Temperate; 79°N - 26°N, 82°W - 51°E (Ref. 1371)

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