Editing Pollock (section)

{{Short description|North Atlantic marine fish in the genus Pollachius}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Pollock
| image = Pollachius pollachius aquarium.jpg
| taxon = Pollachius
| authority = [[Sven Nilsson (zoologist)|Nilsson]], 1832
| type_species = ''Pollachius pollachius''
| type_species_authority = Nilsson, 1832 (Linnaeus, 1758)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| synonyms = ''Asellus'' <small>Minding, 1832</small>
}}

'''Pollock''' or '''pollack'''<ref>{{cite book|editor=Kirkpatrick, E. M.|title=[[Chambers 20th Century Dictionary]] |edition= New |year= 1983|publisher= Chambers|location= Edinburgh|isbn= 0550102345|page= 904}}</ref> (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɒ|l|ə|k|}}) is the common name used for either of the two [[species]] of [[North Atlantic]] [[ocean|marine]] [[fish]] in the [[genus]] '''''Pollachius'''''. ''[[Pollachius pollachius]]'' is referred to as "pollock" in [[North America]], [[Ireland]] and the [[United Kingdom]], while ''[[Pollachius virens]]'' is usually known as '''saithe''' or '''coley''' in [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]] (derived from the older name '''coalfish''').<ref name="BritishSeaFishing-Pollachius">{{cite web|url= http://britishseafishing.co.uk/pollock-and-coalfish-identification-guide/|title= Pollock and Coalfish Identification Guide|website= Britishseafishing|date= 30 April 2013}}</ref> Other names for ''P.&nbsp;pollachius'' include the '''Atlantic pollock''', '''European pollock''', '''''lieu jaune''''', and '''lythe''' or '''lithe''';<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Maxwell
 |first1               = William Hamilton
 |author-link1         = William Hamilton Maxwell
 |year                 = 1853
 |title                = Wild Sports and Adventures in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=I3sVBCLOFdcC
 |edition              = 
 |publication-place    = London
 |publisher            = Geo. Routledge & Co.
 |pages                = 137, 138
 |access-date          = 8 April 2024
 |quote                = [...] Nature [...] pours myriads of coal-fish and pollocks into every creek or bay [...]. [...] The latter fish, under the Linnean appellation of ''Gadus Pollachus'', is called generally, 'the Lithe.' [...] To the ferocity of a bull-dog the lithe unites the greyhound's agility. [...] Lithe-fishing demands coarse tackle [...].
}} 
</ref> while ''P.&nbsp;virens'' is also known as '''Boston blue''' (distinct from [[bluefish]]) and '''silver bill'''.