blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Gadidae
- Genus
- Micromesistius
Where to Find
Found in 29 diving areas across 16 countries and 3 regions.
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 7 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 5 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 18 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 18 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 15 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 3 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 524 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 1 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 377 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 95 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 5737 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 2532 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Ustica, Italy - 2 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 2 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 61 records
- Lofoten Islands, Norway - 5 records
- Azores, Portugal - 26 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 241 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 58 records
- Costa Brava, Spain - 8 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 628 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 973 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 3 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 49 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 338 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 17 records