The long pectoral fin is found at the base of anal fin. The anterior fins are elongated and anal fins are close to each other. The female grows fast in comparison to males and has the lifespan of ten years. The female could lay the eggs upto one million which floats in an open ocean. The fish becomes mature at the age of three or four. The diet consists of eel-pout, lesser sandeel, sprat, herring, haddock, cod, crustaceans, squid and worms. It is a predator fish with long pointed teeth. The skin’s color varies from yellow, brown, green to dark blue and silvery belly. Whiting fish has elongated body with small head and pointed snout measuring 70 cm long. It is vital in Eastern North Atlantic Ocean, Western Baltic, Northern Mediterranean and Black Seas.

They exist on mud, sand and gravel seabeds at the depth of 100 m (328 ft). It is found in Southeastern Barents Sea, Iceland, Scandinavia, North Sea, Baltic, Black Sea, Portugal, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Adriatic Sea. The Whiting fish (Merlangius merlangus) commonly called English whiting, European whiting, Golden cutlet, North Sea whiting, Spelding, Whiting and Merling is native to northeastern Atlantic Ocean.

Fried whiting