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Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 19,789, February 14,616, March 22,900, April 36,027, May 51,945, June 56,642, July 60,611, August 52,125, September 38,269, October 28,565, November 15,609, December 12,200.
United States419,798
Alaska409,298
Canada180,072
Nova Scotia144,951
New Brunswick18,616
Quebec14,177
Maine9,381
Newfoundland and Labrador2,310
Massachusetts959
New Hampshire93

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
GenusMelanogrammus

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