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Atlantic Tomcod

Microgadus tomcod

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 121, February 105, March 163, April 389, May 718, June 474, July 396, August 364, September 320, October 268, November 156, December 141.
Canada8,328
Quebec3,616
Nova Scotia2,091
United States1,448
Maine1,194
Newfoundland and Labrador374
New Brunswick303
Prince Edward Island268
New York95
Massachusetts80

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
GenusMicrogadus

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