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Alaska Pollock

Gadus chalcogrammus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 3,266, February 3,034, March 4,708, April 5,509, May 8,520, June 7,420, July 5,890, August 5,249, September 4,614, October 3,659, November 2,946, December 2,984.
Canada57,802
British Columbia57,798
United States57,695
Alaska56,148
Washington1,544
New Brunswick4
Russia3
Maine2
Oregon1
Japan1

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

Sources

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