WoRMS taxon details
Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814
300735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:300735)
accepted
Species
Gadus minor Döderlein, 1887 · unaccepted
Gadus periscopus Cope, 1873 · unaccepted
Pollachius chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted
Theracra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted
Theragra chalcogramma chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Theragra chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Theragra chalcogrammus chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814) · unaccepted
Theragra fucensis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1893) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21. [details]
Taxonomy Since 1999, a number of molecular works have shown that T. chalcogramma could be deeply nested in a clade that contains the...
Taxonomy Since 1999, a number of molecular works have shown that T. chalcogramma could be deeply nested in a clade that contains the Gadus spp. Hence, it has been suggested to assign chalcogrammus to Gadus.
None of these works were a complete taxonomic re-assessment of the Gadidae (or Gadinae sometimes), with a complete phylogeny including the problematic Theragra finnmarchica, sometimes thought to be a synonym of chalcogrammus. There is always the risk that including finnmarchica in the analysis would modify the taxonomy, and then again the name of this highly commercial species.
However, more evidence have been published since 2015, and this risk decreases, especially if Theragra is definitively put in the synonymy of Gadus.
[details]
None of these works were a complete taxonomic re-assessment of the Gadidae (or Gadinae sometimes), with a complete phylogeny including the problematic Theragra finnmarchica, sometimes thought to be a synonym of chalcogrammus. There is always the risk that including finnmarchica in the analysis would modify the taxonomy, and then again the name of this highly commercial species.
However, more evidence have been published since 2015, and this risk decreases, especially if Theragra is definitively put in the synonymy of Gadus.
[details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=300735 on 2025-04-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21. [details]
original description (of Gadus periscopus Cope, 1873) Cope, E. D. (1873). A contribution to the ichthyology of Alaska. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> v. 13 : pp. 1-9, 24-32.
page(s): 30 [7] [details]
original description (of Gadus minor Döderlein, 1887) Steindachner, F. ; Döderlein, L. (1887). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische Japan's. (IV.). <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 53 (1. abth.): 257-296, Pls. 1-4. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Gadus periscopus Cope, 1873) Cope, E. D. (1873). A contribution to the ichthyology of Alaska. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> v. 13 : pp. 1-9, 24-32.
page(s): 30 [7] [details]
original description (of Gadus minor Döderlein, 1887) Steindachner, F. ; Döderlein, L. (1887). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische Japan's. (IV.). <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 53 (1. abth.): 257-296, Pls. 1-4. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Since 1999, a number of molecular works have shown that T. chalcogramma could be deeply nested in a clade that contains the Gadus spp. Hence, it has been suggested to assign chalcogrammus to Gadus.None of these works were a complete taxonomic re-assessment of the Gadidae (or Gadinae sometimes), with a complete phylogeny including the problematic Theragra finnmarchica, sometimes thought to be a synonym of chalcogrammus. There is always the risk that including finnmarchica in the analysis would modify the taxonomy, and then again the name of this highly commercial species.
However, more evidence have been published since 2015, and this risk decreases, especially if Theragra is definitively put in the synonymy of Gadus.
[details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Alaskapollak [from synonym]Alaska pollak [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | walleye pollock [from synonym]bigeye [from synonym]Alaska pollock [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | lieu de l'Alaska [from synonym]goberge de l'Alaska [from synonym]colin de l'Alaska [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Polar Kabeljau [from synonym]Alaska-Pollack [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | スケトウダラ／スケソウダラ | [details] |
| Russian | Минтай [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | colin de Alaska [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (346 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Gadus periscopus Cope, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Theragra fucensis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1893))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Theragra chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gadus minor Döderlein, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus fucensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gadus chalcogrammus)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Theragra chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Theragra fucensis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Theragra chalcogrammus chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus fucensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus periscopus Cope, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Theracra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus minor Döderlein, 1887)
To FishBase images (Theragra chalcogramma, Canada, by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (180972 nucleotides; 39100 proteins)
To GenBank (180972 nucleotides; 39100 proteins) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Theragra chalcogrammus P04830 illustration) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Gadus periscopus Cope, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Theragra fucensis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1893))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Theragra chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gadus minor Döderlein, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus fucensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gadus chalcogrammus)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Theragra chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Theragra fucensis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Theragra chalcogrammus chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus fucensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus periscopus Cope, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Pollachius chalcogrammus (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Theracra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus minor Döderlein, 1887)
To FishBase images (Theragra chalcogramma, Canada, by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (180972 nucleotides; 39100 proteins)
To GenBank (180972 nucleotides; 39100 proteins) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Theragra chalcogrammus P04830 illustration) (from synonym Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814))
To ITIS
