Pollock
Trachurus trachurus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Trachurus
Where to Find
Found in 33 diving areas across 14 countries and 2 regions.
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 17 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 11 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 18 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 37 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 281 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 38 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 156 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 3198 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 2275 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 151 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 7287 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 3821 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 2 records
- Ustica, Italy - 4 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 3 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 21 records
- Lofoten Islands, Norway - 4 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 1370 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 279 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 99 records
- Costa Brava, Spain - 44 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 692 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 2342 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 264 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 557 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 30 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 1646 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 21 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 40 records