This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Southern blue whiting
Marine fish with fusiform body, typical of a good swimmer, the maximum height at the level of the first dorsal. Parallel lateral line to the back, small flakes. Relatively small head, large eyes, occupy 25% of head length. Pointed snout. The mouth is semi-slit, wide opening, the posterior end reaching almost at the level of the orbits. Tiny teeth in mandibles and vomer. Fins: Three dorsal fins, the first two very similar to each other and the third with the highest base and lowest. Flow through. Two annals, the first with a greater base than the second one, both lower than the dorsal ones. Short pectorals, located in the center of the flanks. Small pelvic, jugular position. Coloration: dark blue on the back, clear on the flanks, silvery on the belly. Dorsal, pectoral and caudal fins, dark, pelvic and anal clear.
POS
Micromesistius australis
White fish
- Area 41: the Southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 48: the Antarctic part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 81: the Southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 87: the Southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
