WoRMS taxon details
Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758)
126461 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126461)
accepted
Species
Gadus molva Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Gadus raptor Nilsson, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lota mola Moreau, 1881 · unaccepted
Molva linnei Malm, 1877 · unaccepted
Molva vulgaris Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus molva Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
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Distribution Atlantic: Barents Sea and Iceland to Morocco; rare in the Northwestern Mediterranean, off southern Greenland, and Canada.
Distribution Atlantic: Barents Sea and Iceland to Morocco; rare in the Northwestern Mediterranean, off southern Greenland, and Canada. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126461 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gadus molva Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Gadus raptor Nilsson, 1832) Nilsson, S. (1832). Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. <em>Lundae.</em> i-iv + 1-124. [details]
original description (of Molva vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Gadus raptor Nilsson, 1832) Nilsson, S. (1832). Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. <em>Lundae.</em> i-iv + 1-124. [details]
original description (of Molva vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Breine, J.; Van Thuyne, G. (2014). Opvolging van het visbestand in de Zeeschelde: Viscampagnes 2013. <em>Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, INBO.R.2014.1413950. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO): Brussel.</em> 52 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Schelde) Breine, J.; Van Thuyne, G. (2014). Opvolging van het visbestand in de Zeeschelde: Viscampagnes 2013. <em>Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, INBO.R.2014.1413950. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO): Brussel.</em> 52 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on lobsters, cephalopods, starfishes and fish, such as cod, herring and flatfish [details]Distribution Atlantic: Barents Sea and Iceland to Morocco; rare in the Northwestern Mediterranean, off southern Greenland, and Canada. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found mainly at depths of 100- 400 m, on rocky bottoms. [details]
Importance Social- Highly Comercial, fishery and gamefish [details]
Reproduction Spawning occurs from March to June; external fertilization; fecundity may reach 20- 60 million eggs per female [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Breton | morlean | [details] |
| Danish | lange | [details] |
| Dutch | leng | [details] |
| English | lingEuropean lingcommon ling | [details] |
| Faroese | longa | [details] |
| French | lingue franchelinguejuliennegrande lingue | [details] |
| German | Leng | [details] |
| Icelandic | langa | [details] |
| Irish | longa | [details] |
| Italian | molva | [details] |
| Norwegian | lange | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | lange | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | lange | [details] |
| Portuguese | juliana | [details] |
| Spanish | maruca | [details] |
| Swedish | långa | [details] |
| Welsh | honos | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications) (from synonym Gadus molva Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Molva linnei Malm, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (258 publications) (from synonym Molva vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gadus raptor Nilsson, 1832)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Molva molva)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus molva Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus raptor Nilsson, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Molva linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Molva vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Lota mola Moreau, 1881)
To FishBase images (Molva molva, by Svensen, E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (111955 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To GenBank (111955 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Gadus molva Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications) (from synonym Gadus molva Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Molva linnei Malm, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (258 publications) (from synonym Molva vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gadus raptor Nilsson, 1832)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Molva molva)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus molva Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus raptor Nilsson, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Molva linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Molva vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Lota mola Moreau, 1881)
To FishBase images (Molva molva, by Svensen, E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (111955 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To GenBank (111955 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Gadus molva Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
