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Eleginus gracilis (Tilesius, 1810)

Saffron cod
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Dal'nevostochnaya navaga, Navaga, Pacific saffron cod
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
Importance: highly commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known to inhabit freshwater lakes (on the Bering and Bol'shoi Shantarskie isalnds and Lake Nerpich'e in the Kamchatka Peninsula (Ref. 26334). Found on Cape Olyutorski in the western Bering Sea (Ref. 6793). Sakhalin and Kamchatka (Ref. 37812); Northern Primor'ye shelf (Ref. 45905). Used for human consumption, fresh or frozen. Also Ref. 1371, 6793, 27547. nEurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Eleginus: Greek, eleginos, -ou = a fish of the Nile (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous; depth range 0 - 300 m (Ref. 50550).   Polar; 75°N - 30°N, 124°E - 123°W (Ref. 54430)

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