Pouting
📖 Overview
Gregarious fish; immature ones often occur in large schools. Lives mostly on the outer shelf, but moves inshore to depths of 50 m or less for spawning. Feeds on benthic crustaceans but also on small fish, mollusks and polychaetes . Caught as a bycatch, used as food fish .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Chin barbel well developed. Pelvic fins with slightly elongated anterior rays. Body light brown dorsally, relatively tall, grayish on the sides becoming silvery ventrally, with four or five broad indistinct transverse bars on the sides; a dark blotch at the upper edge of the pectoral-fin base . Eye diameter as snout length. Anus lies below the middle of the first dorsal fin .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Pouting is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous, sexes are separate .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous ; depth range 30 - 100 m . Temperate; 62°N - 25°N, 19°W - 16°E
🌿 Ecology
benthic crustaceans but also on small fish, mollusks and polychaetes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🍽️ Edibility & Flavour
"Pouting is an edible species."
- Clear, bright eyes — cloudy eyes indicate age
- Firm flesh that springs back when pressed
- Fresh ocean smell, never strong or ammonia-like
- Bright red or pink gills, not grey or brown
- Shiny, moist skin with scales tightly attached
- Cloudy or sunken eyes
- Strong fishy or ammonia odour
- Soft, mushy flesh that doesn't spring back
- Discoloured or dry flesh
⚡ Nutrition
Per 100g cooked - Source: USDA FoodData Central
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Protein | 18.8 g |
| Omega-3 (total) | 649 mg |
🔬 Mercury Safety
Mercury data for Pouting has not yet been assigned. Please consult FDA/EPA guidance for general seafood safety advice.
🌿 Sustainability
🔬 Full Nutritional Profile
Per 100g - Raw, per 100g - Source: USDA FoodData Central templates (lean white fish average)
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Bib · Pout · Pouting · Pouting, Bib · Whiting pout · Whiting-pout · pout whiting · pouting (=bib) |
| 🌍BRE | Moulleg · boc'heg · gaud · moulek |
| 🏳️Catalan | capellà fosc · mòllera fosca |
| 🌍CES | treska světlá |
| 🌍CYM | Còd Llwyd · codyn llwyd |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Skægtorsk |
| 🇩🇪German | Bartdorsch · Franz · Franzosendorsch |
| 🌍EUS | paneka handi |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Partaturska |
| 🇫🇷French | Barraud · Gade · Guidon · Guitan moulek · Officier · Plouse · Poule de mer · Tacaud commun · Tacaud commun, Tacaud · tacaud |
| 🌍GLG | faneca |
| 🇭🇺Hungarian | Francia tőkehal |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Merluzzetto bruno · Merluzzo francese |
| 🌍LIT | Prancūzinė Menkutė |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Steenbolk · steenwijting |
| 🌍NNO | skjeggtorsk |
| 🌍NOB | skjeggtorsk |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Skieggtorsk · Skjeggtorks · Skjeggtorsk |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Bielmik |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Falsos-alabotes · Faneca |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Французская тресочка |
| 🌍SLV | francoski molič |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Faneca |
| 🌍SRP | Ugotica mala |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Skäggtorsk |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 條長臀鱈 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gadulus luscus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Gadus barbatus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Gadus colias | Gronow | 1854 | Synonym |
| Gadus luscus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Morhua barbata | Fleming | 1828 | Synonym |
| Morhua lusca | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Morrhua lusca | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Trisopterus luscus luscus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 42 records indexed .
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