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Atlantic cod (1)🐟

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SpeciesGadiformesGadidae
Fish

🐟Atlantic cod

Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758

大西洋鱈（Gadus morhua）為鱈屬的模式種，被IUCN列為次級保育類動物，分布於北大西洋及北冰洋，棲息深度100-1000公尺，為高經濟價值的食用魚，另外也是重要的養殖魚及遊釣魚。

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Measurements
7
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≈ half your weight
Also called
Gadus morhua, cod, Cod, Codling, Haberdine, Kil'din Cod
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 1996.

Key measurements
Body mass
53 kg
Body length
1 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
25 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Atlantic cod

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
53 kgrecord 96 kg · FishBase
AnAge
Details ↓

data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1 mrecord 2 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
25 yearsrecord 25 years · FishBase
AnAge
Details ↓

data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.09
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
Details ↓

From trophic level 4.09 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
FishBase
Details ↓

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
53 Laverage
Details ↓

Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Atlantic cod yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGadiformes
  4. ›familyGadidae
  5. ›genusGadus
  6. ›speciesGadus morhua
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. subclassNeopterygii
  3. orderAcanthomorphata
  4. orderGadiformes
All 10 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. orderGadiformes
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In other languages
torsk (nb), Atlantischer Kabeljau (de), morue de l'Atlantique (fr), turska (fi), Atlantische kabeljauw (nl), Dorsz atlantycki (pl) … and 26 more languages

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