Species FAO code: MAV

Maurolicus muelleri

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Slovenia	sl bisernik	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)

Scientific name

Maurolicus muelleri

Author

(Gmelin, 1789)

Rank

Species

FAO code

MAV

Morphological description

Silvery with a greenish-blue back (Ref. 4054).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderStomiiformes
  - FamilySternoptychidae
    - GenusMaurolicus
      - SpeciesMaurolicus muelleri

Synonyms

Maurolicus pennanti (Walbaum, 1792)
Scopelus maurolici Valenciennes, 1850
Maurolicus mülleri (Gmelin, 1789)
Scopelus humboldtii Yarrel, 1836
Salmo muelleri Gmelin, 1789
Argentina pennanti Walbaum, 1792
Scopelus borealis Nilsson, 1832
Mauroluccius mulleri (Gmelin, 1789)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)

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Maurolicus muelleri

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 21 - Atlantic, Northwest

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest

Area 47 - Atlantic, Southeast

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 58 - Antarctic and Southern Indian Ocean

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central

Area 81 - Pacific, Southwest

Area 87 - Pacific, Southeast