Species FAO code: MIA

Microchirus azevia

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Conservation measures
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de -Zunge (only with the indication of the geographic origin)	–
Germany	de -Zunge (only with the indication of the geographic origin)	–
Greece	el Γλώσσα Ατλαντικού	–
Portugal	pt Azevia pt Malacueco	–
Slovenia	sl morski listi	–
Spain	es Soldado es Soldado es Lenguado negro	Canary Islands: Lenguado negro

Main production methods

Caught

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Microchirus azevia (de Brito Capello, 1867)

TACs and quotas

Total allowable catches (TACs) or fishing opportunities, are catch limits (expressed in tonnes or numbers) that are set for most commercial fish stocks. TACs are set annually for most stocks (every two years for deep-sea stocks) by the Council of fisheries ministers. TACs are shared between EU countries in the form of national quotas. For each stock a different allocation percentage per EU country is applied for the sharing out of the quotas. Read more: TACs and quotas

Stocks (2021)

FLX/05B-F.

Pleuronectiformes

Fishing areas

27.5.b Faeroes Grounds (Division Vb) Faroese waters

TAC

Not relevant

Union

0.0 t

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Microchirus azevia (de Brito Capello, 1867)

Distribution maps

Source: Aquamaps - Computer Generated Native Distribution Map for Microchirus azevia

Scientific name

Microchirus azevia

Author

(de Brito Capello, 1867)

Rank

Species

FAO code

MIA

Morphological description

Body oval; upper eye less than its own diameter from dorsal profile of head; anterior nostril on blind side not enlarged; anterior nostril on eyed side with a backward-pointing tube hardly reaching to front border of lower eye; dorsal fin beginning near vertical through front border of upper eye; pectoral fin on eyed side with 6-8 fin rays, on blind side shorter; caudal fin separate from last dorsal and anal fin rays; lateral line supra-temporal branch forming an angular S-shape, the ascending part running upward and backward (Ref. 4710).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPleuronectiformes
  - FamilySoleidae
    - GenusMicrochirus
      - SpeciesMicrochirus azevia

Synonyms

Solea azevia de Brito Capello, 1867
Quenselia azevia (de Brito Capello, 1867)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Microchirus azevia (de Brito Capello, 1867)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0302 — Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding livers and roes
    - 0302 29 — Other
      - 0302 29 80 — Other
- 0303 — Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding livers and roes
    - 0303 39 — Other
      - 0303 39 85 — Other
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
  - Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish
    - 0304 43 00 — Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae)
  - Frozen fillets of other fish
    - 0304 83 — Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae)
      - 0304 83 90 — Other

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Microchirus azevia

Commercial designations

Main production methods

TACs and quotas

Stocks (2021)

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Distribution maps