Spanish ling | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Lotidae |
Genus: | Molva |
Species: | M. macrophthalma |
Binomial name | |
Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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The Spanish ling (Molva macrophthalma), also called the Mediterranean ling and even blue ling [1] [3] (though the latter is also used for Molva dypterygia ), is a species of fish in the family Lotidae. [1] [2] [3]
It maximum length is 108 cm (3.54 ft). [3]
Spanish ling lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and western Mediterranean; [1] [3] it is common in the Azores. It lives at moderate shallow waters, [4] being recorded at depths of 388–754 m (1,273–2,474 ft) in the Ionian Sea, and has also been found in the Aegean Sea. [5] [6]
It feeds on bony fish, squid and lobsters. [7] [8] Known parasites include Lernaeocera copepods. [9]