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Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774) 
AphiaID: 126433

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Gadidae (Family) > Boreogadus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Boreogadus Günther, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Boreogadus polaris (Sabine, 1824)
Gadus agilis Reinhardt, 1837
Gadus fabricii Richardson, 1836
Gadus saida Lepechin, 1774 (basionym)
Merlangus polaris Sabine, 1824
Pollachius polaris (Sabine, 1824)
Sources  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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch poolkabeljauw  [details]
English Arctic cod  [details]
English Polar cod  [details]
French morue polaire  [details]
German Polardorsch  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To FishBase
To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To FAO Species fact sheets
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds mostly on epibenthic mysids, also amphipods, copepods and fishes [details]

Distribution: North Atlantic: White Sea, Iceland, and southern Greenland into the Miramichi River, New Brunswick in Canada [details]

Habitat: Occurs in coastal habitats during summer and winter. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery [details]

Reproduction: Onshore-offshore movements are associated with spawning and movements of the ice  [details]
Images 
Dollo (1904, figuur 4)
Dollo (1904, figuur 4)
added on 2009-08-12 - author: L. Dollo
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history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126433 on 2010-07-30
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