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WoRMS taxon detailsGadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758
126436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126436)
accepted
Species
Asellus major · unaccepted
Gadus arenosus Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Gadus callarias Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gadus callarias hiemalis Taliev, 1931 · unaccepted
Gadus callarias kildinensis Derjugin, 1920 · unaccepted
Gadus callarius · unaccepted
Gadus heteroglossus Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Gadus morhua kildinensis Derjugin, 1920 · unaccepted
Gadus morhua morhua Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Gadus morrhua Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gadus nanus Faber, 1829 · unaccepted
Gadus rupestris Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Gadus vertagus Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Morhua punctatus Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
Morhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
Morrhua americana Storer, 1839 · unaccepted
Morrhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish,
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors  [request](of Gadus morhua morhua Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
Distribution southern Baffin Island to Cape Hatteras
Distribution southern Baffin Island to Cape Hatteras [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126436 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Gadus callarias Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Gadus arenosus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. page(s): 368 [details] original description (of Gadus heteroglossus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3. page(s): 144 [details] original description (of Gadus nanus Faber, 1829) Faber, F. (1829). Naturgeschichte der Fische Islands. Mit einem Anhange von den isländischen Medusen und Strahlthieren. [Natural history of the fishes of Iceland. With an appendix on the Icelandic jellyfish and radioducks.]. <em>Frankfurt.</em> 206pp. (Copepoda: 33, 109). page(s): 112 [details] original description (of Gadus vertagus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3. page(s): 143 [details] original description (of Morhua punctatus Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 page(s): 192 [details] original description (of Morrhua americana Storer, 1839) Storer, D. H. (1839). A report on the fishes of Massachusetts. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12): 289-558, Pls. 6-8. [Also published as separate (possibly first), Fishes of Massachusetts [from: Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts], Boston, 1839: 1-202. Plates as I-III in text of separate and journal article but labelled VI-VIII in journal article.]. [details] original description (of Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Gadus morhua morhua Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Morhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 page(s): 191 [details] basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] Ecologyecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES Beam Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details] additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Bottom feeders; consume redfish, capelin, sand lance and young cod [details]Distribution southern Baffin Island to Cape Hatteras [details] Habitat nektonic [details] Habitat Found from the shoreline to the edge of the continental slope. [details] Importance Social- Minor commercial [details] Predators Larger cod, squid, pollock, seals, whales and dolphins [details] Reproduction Spawn once per year, beginning as early as February and ending as late as December [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (601 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gadus morhua kildinensis Derjugin, 1920) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gadus callarias kildinensis Derjugin, 1920) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gadus callarias hiemalis Taliev, 1931) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications) (from synonym Morrhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Morhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Gadus arenosus Mitchill, 1815) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gadus heteroglossus Walbaum, 1792) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (209 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Gadus rupestris Mitchill, 1815) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Morhua punctatus Fleming, 1828) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (462 publications) (from synonym Gadus callarias Linnaeus, 1758) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gadus vertagus Walbaum, 1792) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gadus morhua morhua Linnaeus, 1758) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Morrhua americana Storer, 1839) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Gadus callarius) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Asellus major) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (776 publications) (from synonym Gadus morrhua Linnaeus, 1758) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gadus nanus Faber, 1829) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gadus morhua callarias) (from synonym Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gadus morhua kildinensis) (from synonym Gadus morhua kildinensis Derjugin, 1920) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gadus morhua) To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Gadus rupestris Mitchill, 1815) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus vertagus Walbaum, 1792) To FishBase (from synonym Morhua punctatus Fleming, 1828) To FishBase (from synonym Asellus major) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus callarias Linnaeus, 1758) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus arenosus Mitchill, 1815) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus nanus Faber, 1829) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus heteroglossus Walbaum, 1792) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus morhua morhua Linnaeus, 1758) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus callarias kildinensis Derjugin, 1920) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus morhua kildinensis Derjugin, 1920) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758) To FishBase (from synonym Morhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828) To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua americana Storer, 1839) To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus morrhua Linnaeus, 1758) To FishBase (from synonym Gadus callarias hiemalis Taliev, 1931) To FishBase images (Gadus morhua, by Morris, P.) To Fishipedia To FishSounds To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Gadus callarias Linnaeus, 1758) To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758) To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 105 proteins) (from synonym Gadus morhua kildinensis Derjugin, 1920) To GenBank (456369 nucleotides; 52633 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable) To NMNH Extant Collection (Gadus callarias P01115 illustration) To NMNH Extant Collection (Gadus callarias P01115 reverse) To PESI To ITIS From editor or global species database
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