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Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Gadiculus: Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335).
Issue
Previously as a subspecies of Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850. Synonym of the latter in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Oct. 2012: Ref. 92135) following (Mercader & Vinyoles, 2008).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; oceanodromo; distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 1000 m (Ref. 35388). Temperate; 72°N - 43°N, 32°W - 26°E
Northeast Atlantic: North Cape, Skagerrak to Bay of Biscay. Western Mediterranean (Ref.123983).
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 12.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3663); common length : 10.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4645)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 19 - 29; Raggi anali molli: 11 - 16. Vertebrae 39-43. Dull with dark flecks on head and back.
Over muddy bottoms. Spawns in spring. Important prey for several commercial fish.
Oviparous, sexes are separate (Ref. 205).
Svetovidov, A.N., 1986. Gadidae. p. 680-710. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2. (Ref. 3663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 3.5 - 10.4, mean 7.4 (based on 200 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00418 - 0.01508), b=3.10 (2.94 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.69, tm=2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).