Whiting
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Gadidae
Genus:	Merlangius
Species:	M. merlangus
Binomial name
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Merlangius merlangus, commonly known as whiting (or 'English whiting' in the USA) is an important food fish in the eastern North Atlantic, northern Mediterranean, western Baltic, and Black Sea. In English speaking countries outside the whiting's natural range, the name has been applied to various other species of fish, see Whiting (fish) (disambiguation).

Until the later twentieth century, whiting was a cheap fish, regarded as food for the poor or for pets, but the general decline in fish stocks means that it is now more highly valued. The other fish that have been given the name whiting are mostly also food fish.

[edit] References

• Merlangius merlangus (TSN 164758). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 19 March 2006.

[edit] External links

• Fishbase.org entry for Merlangius merlangus
• Distribution map and more