Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
Gadus brandtii Hilgendorf, 1875. The Pacific cod ( Gadus macrocephalus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Gadidae. It is a bottom-dwelling fish found in the northern Pacific Ocean, mainly on the continental shelf and upper slopes, to depths of about 900 m (3,000 ft). It can grow to a length of a meter or so and is found in large ...
Range of the lingcod. The lingcod or ling cod ( Ophiodon elongatus ), also known as the buffalo cod or cultus cod, is a fish of the greenling family Hexagrammidae. It is the only extant member of the genus Ophiodon. [1] A slightly larger, extinct species, Ophiodon ozymandias, is known from fossils from the Late Miocene of Southern California.
Cod. Cod ( pl.: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae. [1] Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus Gadus is commonly not called cod ( Alaska pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus ).
Cod is a popular, widely harvested fish because of its flaky, white flesh and mild taste. Several species of fish within the genus Gadus are considered cod, including the Atlantic, Pacific, and ...
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is named after this flaky white fish. Early settlers on the North American east coast used cod as an important protein source. Codfish can weigh as much as 200 pounds and ...
Theragra fucensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1893. Theragra finnmarchica Koefoed, 1956. The Alaska pollock or walleye pollock ( Gadus chalcogrammus) is a marine fish species of the cod genus Gadus and family Gadidae . It is a semi- pelagic schooling fish widely distributed in the North Pacific, with largest concentrations found in the eastern Bering Sea.
The sablefish is a species of deep-sea fish common to the North Pacific Ocean. [6] Adult sablefish are opportunistic piscivores, preying on Alaskan pollock, eulachon, capelin, herring, sandlance, and Pacific cod, as well as squid, euphausiids, and jellyfish. [7] Sablefish are long-lived, with a maximum recorded age of 94 years [8] although the ...
The haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) is a saltwater ray-finned fish from the family Gadidae, the true cods.It is the only species in the monotypic genus Melanogrammus.It is found in the North Atlantic Ocean and associated seas, where it is an important species for fisheries, especially in northern Europe, where it is marketed fresh, frozen and smoked; smoked varieties include the Finnan ...