World Register of Deep-Sea species - Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758

Deep-Sea taxon details

Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

126436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126436)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Gadus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Gadus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Gadus callarias Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors

Descriptive notes

Distribution southern Baffin Island to Cape Hatteras

Distribution southern Baffin Island to Cape Hatteras [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126436 on 2026-03-25

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126436 on 2026-03-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

[clear cache]

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Gadus callarias Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES Beam Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors

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. Scientific Data. 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 Bottom feeders; consume redfish, capelin, sand lance and young cod [details]

Distribution southern Baffin Island to Cape Hatteras [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Found from the shoreline to the edge of the continental slope. [details]

Importance Social- Minor commercial [details]

Predators Larger cod, squid, pollock, seals, whales and dolphins [details]

Reproduction Spawn once per year, beginning as early as February and ending as late as December [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Breton	troscmoru	[details]
Danish	torsk	[details]
Dutch	kleine kabeljauwkabeljauwgulAtlantische kabeljauw	[details]
English	codAtlantic cod	[details]
Faroese	torskur	[details]
Finnish	turska	[details]
French	morusmorue franchemoruecabillaud de l'Atlantiquecabillaud	[details]
German	KabeljauDorschAtlantischer Kabeljau	[details]
Hebrew	שבוט צפוני	[details]
Icelandic	þorskur	[details]
Irish	trosc	[details]
Italian	merluzzobaccalà	[details]
Kalaallisut	sârugdlik	[details]
Lithuanian	menkė	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Γάδος	[details]
Norwegian	torskskrei	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	torsk	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	torsk	[details]
Polish	watluszdorsz atlantyckidorsz	[details]
Portuguese	bacalhau	[details]
Russian	treskapertui	[details]
Scottish Gaelic	bodach	[details]
Slovenian	trska	[details]
Spanish	bacalao del Atlánticobacalao comúnbacalao	[details]
Swedish	torsk	[details]
Turkish	Atlantik morinası	[details]
Ukrainian	Тріска північнаТріска атлантичнаАтлантична тріска Атлантична або північна тріска	[details]
Welsh	penfras	[details]