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The map shows the distribution of Herring in the North Sea. Latin name: Clupea harengus Family: Clupeidae Distribution: North Sea / Skagerrak Spawning area: North-west part of the North Sea (Shetland)
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The map shows the distribution of Norwegian pout. Latin name: Trisopterus esmarkii. Family: Gadidae. Spawning habitat: Northern North Sea and off northern Norway.
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The map shows the distribution of Capelin in the Barents Sea. Latin name: Mallotus villosus Family: Loddefamilien, Osmeridae Distribution: Barents Sea Main spawning area: Coastal areas of Troms, Finnmark and the Kola Peninsula
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The map shows the distribution of pilot whales. Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) belong to the dolphin family (Delphinidae) and is thus a toothed whale. Pilot whales seem to thrive best in deep water. The species has a sirkumantarktisk distribution in the southern hemisphere but the species is also found in temperate and polar regions of the North Atlantic and in the western half of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Previously, the species can also be found west of the North Pacific.
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The map shows the distribution of harp seals. Latin name: Pagophilus groenlandicus. Other names: Seal and Russian seal. Family: Husband seals (Phocidae). Habitat: North Atlantic.
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The map shows the distribution of killer whales. Latin name: Orcinus orca. Family: Delphinidae. Other names: killer whale, orca. Distribution: Killer whales can be found in all of the worlds oceans.
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The map shows the distribution of European Plaice (North Sea) Scientific name: Pleuronectes platessa Family: Pleuronectidae (flounder family) Spawning area: Central and southern North Sea
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The map shows the distribution of porbeagle. Porbeagle (Lamnes nasus) is a shark in the family Lamnidae. Its habitat extends from the northeastern parts of North America to Greenland and the northwest coast of Africa to Iceland, Norway and Russia's northwest coast. In the southern hemisphere it occurs from 30 ° to 60 ° south.
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The map shows the distribution of Porpoise. Latin name: Phocoena phocoena Family: Phocoenidae Distribution: Can be found along coasts around the North Atlantic
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The map shows the distribution of Northern bottlenose whale. Latinsk: Hyperoodon ampullatus The northern bottlenose whale is widespread in most of the North Atlantic; from the polar south to the English Channel and Rhode Island. Migrate north in spring and south again in the winter.