Norway country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Previous occurrence from map (Ref. 1394, p. 269) is confirmed by Ref. 1522. Also reported as Pagophilus groenlandicus groenlandicus in northern Norway; and in coast of Finnmark as Pagophilus groenlandicus oceanicus as emigrants during winter and spring (Ref. 1522). C: Ref. 1522, M: Ref. 1394.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://odin.dep.no/fid/eng/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rice, D.W., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Carnivora (Carnivores) > Phocidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

ব্যথিডিমারসাল সমুদ্র তলদেশবিহারী; গভীরতার পরিসীমা 0 - 6000 m (Ref. 356). Boreal; 90°N - 0°S, 97°W - 180°E

বিতরণ দেশ সমূহ | এফ এ ও এলাকাসমূহ | বাস্তুতন্ত্র | দৃষ্টিগোচর | প্রচলন

Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic: North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Baffin Island, Magdalen Island, Russia, Canada (Ref. 1394). Pagophilus groenlandicus groenlandicus: Newfoundland, Jan Mayen (Norway), Baffin Bay, Greenland Sea, Nova Scotia, Greenland, Iceland; and vagrants in Virginia, Scotland, Germany, France; Pagophilus groenlandicus oceanicus: Barents Sea, Russia, White Sea (Ref. 1522).

Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / ওজন / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 190 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 1394); 180 cm TL (female); সবের্াচ্চ প্রকাশিত ওজন : 135.0 kg (Ref. 1394); সবের্াচ্চ প্রকাশিত ওজন : 135.0 kg

Live chiefly in pack ice, but can be found away from it in summer. Feeds on a variety of crustaceans and open-water fishes during migration, and switch to several varieties of bottom dwelling fishes in summer on the northern grounds (Ref. 1394).