Pacific cod
| Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810 | ||||
| Family: | Gadidae (Cods and haddocks) |
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| Order: | Gadiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Pacific cod | |||
| Distribution: | Arctic: Chukchi and Beaufort Seas eastward across Arctic Canada to western Greenland; south in the Atlantic Ocean to Gulf of St. Lawrence. Pacific Ocean: eastern Pacific to southern California at Santa Monica, and in the western Pacific to the Yellow Sea. | |||
| Adult biology: | Found mainly along the continental shelf and upper slopes (Ref. 1371). Form schools (Ref. 9988). They appear to be indiscriminate predators upon dominant food organisms present (Ref. 1371). Young probably feed on copepods and similar organisms (Ref. 27547). Adults feed on fishes, octopi, and large benthic and benthopelagic crustaceans (Ref. 1371); also worms. Parasites of the species include sealworm (Phocanema decipiens) in flesh, copepod (Lernaeocera branchialis) on gills and cestode (Pyramicocephalus phocarum) in the intestine (Ref. 5951). Marketed fresh and frozen for human consumption (Ref. 2850), and also dried or salted and smoked (Ref. 9988). Eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, micro-waved and baked (Ref. 9988). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166). Minimum depth from Ref. 054440. | |||
| Diagnosis: | See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | boreal; 6 - 9°C; 63°N - 31°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Morrow, J.E.. 1980. (Ref. 27547) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Garilao, Cristina V. |
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