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Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 85,001, February 62,780, March 98,362, April 154,747, May 223,120, June 243,299, July 260,345, August 223,896, September 164,379, October 122,697, November 67,047, December 52,403.
Canada1,794,579
United States1,788,141
Alaska1,758,077
Quebec121,578
Nova Scotia80,468
Maine14,721
New Brunswick13,180
California12,092
Massachusetts1,996
Prince Edward Island873

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCods and hakes · Gadiformes
FamilyCods and Haddocks · Gadidae
GenusGadus

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