Growth parameters for Merlangius merlangus
 
Maximum Length 91.5cm TL
n = 99
Note that studies where Loo is very different (+/- 1/3) from Lmax are doubtful.
Lm vs Linf graph [n = 4]
Reproductive graph [n = 3]
M vs K graph [n = 1]
M vs Linf graph [n = 1]
ø = 2.58
L inf = 41.3 cm TL
K = 0.2
Median record no. 50
312Ref. 312
Loo
(cm)		 Length Type K
(1/y)		 t0
(years)		 Sex M
(1/y)		 Temp° C Lm Ø' Country Locality Questionable Captive
29.1 TL 0.220 -0.97 M 2.27 Türkiye southern Black Sea Yes No
31.1 TL 0.323 0.15 9.0 2.49 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea Yes No
31.9 TL 0.928 -0.06 9.0 2.98 UK Central area, North Sea Yes No
32.1 TL 0.729 -0.08 M 9.0 2.88 Sweden North Sea Yes No
32.9 TL 0.271 0.03 9.0 2.47 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
32.9 TL 0.649 -0.20 9.0 2.85 UK Central area, North Sea Yes No
33.2 TL 0.633 -0.17 9.0 2.84 Germany SE North Sea YCL 1967 Yes No
33.8 TL 0.556 -0.21 9.0 2.80 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea Yes No
33.8 TL 0.537 -0.70 9.0 2.79 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
34.0 TL 0.653 -0.16 9.0 2.88 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea Yes No
34.3 TL 0.741 0.08 9.0 2.94 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea Yes No
34.5 TL 0.524 -0.46 9.0 2.79 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
35.1 TL 0.714 -0.09 9.0 2.94 UK Central area, North Sea Yes No
35.4 TL 0.548 -0.76 9.0 2.84 UK Central area, North Sea Yes No
35.8 TL 0.656 -0.07 9.0 2.92 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea Yes No
36.0 TL 0.497 -0.36 9.0 2.81 Germany SE North Sea Yes No
36.3 TL 0.554 -0.03 9.0 2.86 Sweden North Sea Yes No
36.3 TL 0.619 -0.49 9.0 2.91 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea Yes No
36.4 TL 0.506 -0.31 9.0 2.83 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
36.5 TL 0.632 -0.21 9.0 2.93 UK Central area, North Sea Yes No
36.6 TL 0.500 -0.55 9.0 2.83 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
36.8 TL 0.738 0.12 9.0 3.00 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea Yes No
37.0 TL 0.496 -0.51 9.0 2.83 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea Yes No
37.2 TL 0.114 -2.39 M 2.20 Türkiye Trabzon-Yomra coast Yes No
37.3 TL 0.440 -0.84 9.0 2.79 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
37.3 TL 0.170 -1.05 F 2.37 Türkiye southern Black Sea Yes No
37.4 TL 0.492 -0.16 9.0 2.84 Germany SE North Sea Yes No
37.4 TL 0.470 9.0 2.82 UK Scotland NW North Sea Yes No
37.7 TL 0.301 -1.57 9.0 2.63 Germany SE North Sea Yes No
37.7 TL 0.415 -0.37 9.0 2.77 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea Yes No
37.7 TL 0.426 -0.29 9.0 2.78 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
37.8 TL 0.458 3.1 2.82 Denmark Belt Sea S Yes No
37.8 TL 0.567 -0.16 9.0 2.91 UK Scotland Northern Area, North Sea Yes No
38.0 TL 0.370 0.79 9.0 2.73 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea Yes No
38.0 TL 0.377 -1.01 28.0 2.74 Ireland Celtic Sea (ICES div VIIg, Feb 2001-Jan 2002) Yes No
38.1 TL 0.432 -0.50 9.0 2.80 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea Yes No
38.2 TL 0.405 -0.50 9.0 2.77 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
38.9 TL 0.492 -0.05 F 9.0 2.87 Sweden North Sea Yes No
39.0 TL 0.560 0.02 9.0 2.93 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea Yes No
39.5 TL 0.330 -0.55 9.0 2.71 Denmark Skagerrak Yes No
39.8 TL 0.396 -0.61 9.0 2.80 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea Yes No
39.9 TL 0.690 9.0 3.04 Denmark Skaggerak - Kattegat Yes No
39.9 TL 0.399 -0.27 M 9.0 2.80 Sweden North Sea Yes No
39.9 TL 0.324 -0.85 9.0 2.71 Germany SE North Sea Yes No
40.0 TL 0.290 -0.51 9.0 2.67 Denmark SE North Sea Yes No
40.1 TL 0.324 -1.02 9.0 2.72 Germany SE North Sea Yes No
40.3 TL 0.471 -0.34 9.0 2.88 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
40.4 TL 0.294 -0.87 9.0 2.68 Germany SE North Sea Yes No
41.0 TL 0.164 -1.70 14.0 2.44 Greece North Aegean Sea Yes No
41.3 TL 0.222 -2.36 0.34 9.0 2.58 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
41.4 TL 0.250 -1.71 9.0 2.63 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
41.4 TL 0.100 -1.87 2.23 Black Sea Yes No
42.2 TL 0.323 -0.73 9.0 2.76 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
42.4 TL 0.320 12.0 20.2 2.76 UK North Sea Yes No
42.5 TL 0.357 -7.20 9.0 2.81 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
42.7 TL 0.340 -0.69 9.0 2.79 UK Scotland N + W North Sea Yes No
43.4 TL 0.180 -3.37 9.0 2.53 UK Scotland Northern Area, North Sea Yes No
43.6 TL 0.278 -1.73 9.0 2.72 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea Yes No
43.9 TL 0.266 -1.13 9.0 2.71 Denmark Skaggerak Yes No
44.0 TL 0.247 3.1 2.68 Germany Baltic Sea Yes No
44.2 TL 0.383 -0.44 9.0 2.87 Norway N + E North Sea & Morray Firth Yes No
44.2 TL 0.341 -0.26 9.0 2.82 Sweden North Sea Yes No
44.4 TL 0.230 -1.07 9.0 2.66 UK W North Sea Yes No
45.0 TL 0.483 -0.42 9.0 2.99 UK Scotland (west coast) Yes No
45.3 TL 0.240 -1.24 9.0 2.69 Germany SE North Sea Yes No
45.5 TL 0.278 -0.85 9.0 2.76 UK Central area, North Sea Yes No
45.9 TL 0.217 -1.09 9.0 2.66 UK Central area, North Sea No No
47.2 TL 0.292 -0.75 9.0 2.81 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea No No
47.3 TL 0.318 -0.19 F 9.0 2.85 Sweden North Sea No No
47.5 TL 0.207 -1.24 9.0 2.67 UK Central area, North Sea No No
49.2 TL 0.256 -1.05 9.0 2.79 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea No No
50.0 TL 0.280 -0.99 9.0 2.85 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea No No
50.0 TL 0.272 -0.65 9.0 2.83 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea No No
50.0 TL 0.180 -1.95 9.0 2.65 UK Scotland Northern Area, North Sea Yes No
52.2 TL 0.167 -2.23 9.0 2.66 UK Scotland Northern Area, North Sea Yes No
52.5 TL 0.092 -1.76 F 2.40 Türkiye Trabzon-Yomra coast Yes No
53.7 TL 0.140 -2.28 9.0 2.61 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea Yes No
54.5 TL 0.322 -0.48 9.0 2.98 UK Scotland Clyde No No
54.7 TL 0.151 M 9.0 2.65 Isle of Man No No
55.2 TL 0.158 -1.46 9.0 2.68 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea No No
56.3 TL 0.110 13.0 28.4 2.54 UK Scotland West Scotland No No
56.5 TL 0.173 -1.64 9.0 2.74 UK Central area, North Sea No No
57.3 TL 0.229 -0.51 9.0 2.88 UK Central area, North Sea No No
57.4 TL 0.204 -0.68 9.0 2.83 Germany SE North Sea No No
58.0 TL 0.230 -0.91 9.0 2.89 UK Scotland Northern Area, North Sea No No
60.8 TL 0.198 -0.80 9.0 2.86 UK Scotland North central area, North Sea No No
62.1 TL 0.197 -0.62 9.0 2.88 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea No No
62.4 TL 0.162 9.0 2.80 Denmark Skagerrak - Kattegat N No No
62.5 TL 0.116 -3.70 9.0 2.66 UK Scotland Northern Area, North Sea Yes No
63.7 TL 0.150 -1.02 9.0 2.78 Germany SE North Sea No No
66.3 TL 0.146 -1.23 9.0 2.81 UK Scotland Moray Firth & Orkney area, North Sea No No
66.4 TL 0.105 -2.47 9.0 2.67 UK Central area, North Sea Yes No
68.9 TL 0.090 -2.05 9.0 2.63 Germany SE North Sea Yes No
70.0 TL 0.238 F 11.0 29.0 3.07 France Bay of Biscay No No
71.1 TL 0.250 4.5 3.10 Iceland No No
75.6 TL 0.107 -2.08 9.0 2.79 UK Scotland Northern Area, North Sea Yes No
80.9 TL 0.070 -3.17 9.0 2.66 UK Scotland Northern Area, North Sea Yes No
92.4 TL 0.080 -2.67 9.0 2.83 UK Scotland Northern Area, North Sea Yes No
94.7 TL 0.074 -1.48 9.0 2.82 Germany SE North Sea No No
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