Fish of the Merlangius genus of the Gadidae (сods, or true cods) family of the Gadiformes order of the Paracanthopterygii superorder.
(Whiting. Photo by © Hans Hillewaert. flickr.com/photos/bathyporeia)
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depths of 10-200 meters, usually 30-100 meters. It swims near the muddy or pebble bottom, less often near the sandy or rocky bottom. The maximum recorded length is 70 cm; specimens up to 25 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 3.1 kilograms. It feeds on shrimps, crabs, cephalopods and gastropods, fish.
(Whiting. Photo by © Hans Hillewaert. Eddy Eneman. sciencepole.com)
It is the inhabitant of the northern part of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in other languages are as follows:
Меджид (Medzhid) (Bulgarian), Wijting (Dutch), Ταούκι (Tauki) (Greek), Merlan (Hebrew), Plegonero (Spanish), Merlano (Italian), Wittling (German), Witlinek (Polish), Badejo (Portuguese), Bacaliar (Romanian), Обыкновенный мерланг (Obyknovenniy merlang) (Russian), Pišmolj (Croatian, Serbian), Mol (Slovenian), Bakalyaro balığı (Turkish), Merlan (French), Treska bezvousá (Czech).