Merlangius: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the merlangius lives – recorded in 12 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Merlangius merlangus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	12 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Gadiformes
Family	Gadidae

Where does the merlangius live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the merlangius in 12 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the merlangius endangered?

The merlangius’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the merlangius?

The merlangius (Merlangius merlangus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Gadiformes and the family Gadidae, genus Merlangius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the merlangius

Merlangius merlangus, commonly known as whiting or merling, is an important food fish in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and the northern Mediterranean, western Baltic, and Black Sea. In Anglophonic countries outside the whiting's natural range, the name "whiting" has been applied to various other species of fish.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Merlangius (revision 1361834631), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q273083 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).