Southern blue whiting

Micromesistius australis

Elongated Gadid Fish from New Zealand Waters

Southern blue whiting is a marine fish from There are 2 disjunct populations. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 90 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Gadidae
Genus: Micromesistius
Maximum length: 90 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: There are 2 disjunct populations. Micromesistius australis australis occurs around the Falkland Islands and Argentine Patagonia in the southwest Atlantic; off Chile in the southeast Pacific; also off South Georgia, South Shetland and South Orkney islands. Micromesistius australis pallidus occurs around the South Island of New Zealand.

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