WoRMS taxon details
Microgadus proximus (Girard, 1854)
275873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275873)
accepted
Species
Gadus californicus (Ayres, 1854) · unaccepted
Gadus proximus Girard, 1854 · unaccepted
Morrhua californica Ayres, 1854 · unaccepted
Morrhua proxima (Girard, 1854) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus proximus Girard, 1854) Girard, C. F. (1854). Enumeration of the species of marine fishes, collected at San Francisco, California, by Dr. C. B. R. Kennerly, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. A. W. Whipple. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 141-142. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Microgadus proximus (Girard, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275873 on 2025-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gadus proximus Girard, 1854) Girard, C. F. (1854). Enumeration of the species of marine fishes, collected at San Francisco, California, by Dr. C. B. R. Kennerly, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. A. W. Whipple. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 7: 141-142. [details]
original description (of Morrhua californica Ayres, 1854) Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). [Also as Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1: nos. 3-22. Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings, 1873.]. [details]
original description (of Morrhua californica Ayres, 1854) Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). [Also as Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1: nos. 3-22. Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings, 1873.]. [details]
Ecology
ecology 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] 
Other
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific tomcod | [details] |
| French | poulamon du Pacifique | [details] |
| Russian | тресочка тихоокеанскаяТихоокеанский томкод | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Morrhua californica Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gadus californicus (Ayres, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Gadus proximus Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Morrhua proxima (Girard, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microgadus proximus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus californicus (Ayres, 1854))
To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua californica Ayres, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua proxima (Girard, 1854))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus proximus Girard, 1854)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Gadus proximus Girard, 1854)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microgadus proximus P13587 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Morrhua californica Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gadus californicus (Ayres, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Gadus proximus Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Morrhua proxima (Girard, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microgadus proximus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus californicus (Ayres, 1854))
To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua californica Ayres, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua proxima (Girard, 1854))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus proximus Girard, 1854)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Gadus proximus Girard, 1854)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microgadus proximus P13587 illustration)
To ITIS
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