Common name of Gadus macrocephalus
 
Common name White sea nonmigratory cod
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Hardy, J.D., 1993
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier locality/area
Remarks 'cod', from Old English 'cod', i.e., pouch or with a baglike appearance (p. 122, Ref. 11979). Name applied to Gadus ogac. 'White Sea', i.e., inlet of Barents Sea, on north coast of Soviet Russia enclosed on the north by Kola Peninsula (p.1515, Ref. 11978).
 
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