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CaRMS taxon detailsMicrogadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792)
158928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158928)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh,
(of ) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 133 [details]
Distribution southern Labrador to Virginia
Distribution southern Labrador to Virginia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158928 on 2026-01-30
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158928 on 2026-01-30
original description
(of ) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 133 [details] basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]   Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on shrimps, amphipods, squids and small molluscs [details]Distribution southern Labrador to Virginia [details] Habitat benthic [details] Habitat Inhabit coastal brackish and freshwaters to depths of 10m, landlock populations also exist. [details] Importance Social- Minor commercial, gamefish [details] Predators Bluefish [details] Reproduction Spawns in early-late winter over a gravelly or sandy bottom [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (162 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microgadus tomcod) To FishBase To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 39 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To ITIS Unreviewed
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