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

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch poolkabeljauw  [details]
English Arctic cod  [details]
English polar cod  [details]
French morue polaire  [details]
French saïda franc  [details]
German Polardorsch  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål polartorsk  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk polartorsk  [details]
Welsh penfras y Gogledd  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Davis Strait [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 18 [details]
FAO fishing area 21 [details]
Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Bay [details]
Hudson Strait [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Ungava Bay [details]
Host of  Clavella adunca (Strøm, 1762) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Haemobaphes cyclopterina (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer, 1845) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (69 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (9625 nucleotides; 130 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
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, fig. 4)
Dollo (1904, fig. 4)
added on 2009-08-12 - author: L. Dollo
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Duc d'Orléans (1909, pl. 1)
Duc d'Orléans (1909, pl. 1)
added on 2010-09-03 - author: Duc d'Orléans
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Boreogadus saida
Boreogadus saida
added on 2010-09-16 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Boreogadus saida-2
Boreogadus saida-2
added on 2010-09-16 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126433
Taxonomic
Edit 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. (2013). Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126433 on 2013-05-25
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