Microgadus
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A tomcod of the species Atlantic tomcod ( Microgadus tomcod ) |
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Microgadus is a genus of fish from the cod family(Gadidae). Their representatives live in the Nearctic , especially in the northern Pacific and northern Atlantic in coastal waters of the North American east and west coast. The name of the genus is made up of Latin micro ( German small ) and gadus (German cod ), thus means literally small cod ( English tomcods ).
species
Two types have been described:
- Microgadus proximus ( Girard , 1854) (Pacific Tomcod)
- Microgadus tomcod ( Walbaum , 1792) (Atlantic tomcod)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Froese, Rainer / Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012): Species of Microgadus . In FishBase .
Web links
Commons : Microgadus - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Microgadus on Fishbase.org (English)