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Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic cod
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Spain country information

Common names: Albondiga de pescado, Bacalao, Bacalao
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Galicia (Ref. 86578). An 87.1 cm TL female was captured off Mallorca (Balearic Islands, NW Mediterranean) June 2009 by a bottom trawler between 63 to 110 m deep (Ref. 96664). Misidentification in Catalonian Sea noted doubtful in Ref. 95727 from previous authors (NB).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bañon, R., D. Villegas-Ríos, A. Serrano, G. Mucientes and J.C. Arronte, 2010
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Morue de l'Atlantique, Bacalao del Atlántico, 大西洋鳕, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Gadus: Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina; brackvatten bentopelagisk; havsvandrande (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 0 - 600 m (Ref. 1371), usually 150 - 200 m (Ref. 54441).   Temperate; 0°C - 15°C; 83°N - 35°N, 76°W - 86°E (Ref. 1371)

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