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Pollachius virens
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
- Pollachius
Where to Find
Found in 14 diving areas across 6 countries and 3 regions.
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 8 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 302 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 16 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 67 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 143 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 4029 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 5 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 105 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 1025 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 105 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 64 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1308 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 5 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 11944 records