Common name of Gadus macrocephalus
 
Common name Greenland cod
Language English
Type AFS
Official trade name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1980
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier locality/area
2nd modifier
Remarks 'cod', from Old English 'cod', i.e., pouch or with a baglike appearance (p. 122, Ref. 11979). Name applied to Gadus ogac.
 
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