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Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus


Where is it found?

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Marine

Diet and foraging method

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Pick up prey items off the seabed
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Key adaptations

Haddock have  barbel on their chin to sense for prey in the substrate.

Social organisation and mating system

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Did you know that...?

The largest female haddock can lay up to 3,000,000 eggs in one spawning season!

Taxonomy

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Picture credits:

Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
"Haddock, Boston Aquarium" by Steven G. Johnson - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haddock,_Boston_Aquarium.JPG#/media/File:Haddock,_Boston_Aquarium.JPG
"Melanogrammus aeglefinus" by H. L. Todd - Goode G. B. The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States. Section I. Natural History of Usefull Aquatic Animals. – Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. Plate 59A. Reprint. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melanogrammus_aeglefinus.jpg#/media/File:Melanogrammus_aeglefinus.jpg

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