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Gadus chalcogrammus

Pallas, 1841

Walleye Pollock

G5Secure Found in 10 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106263
Element CodeAFCMA14010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderGadiformes
FamilyGadidae
GenusGadus
Synonyms
Gadus chalcogrammaPallas, 1814Theragra chalcogramma(Pallas, 1814)
Concept Reference
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2017-04-19
Change Date2017-04-19
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Usually offshore, often near bottom (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
WashingtonSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaSNRYes
Roadless Areas (10)
Alaska (10)
AreaForestAcres
ClevelandTongass National Forest189,447
College FiordChugach National Forest1,130,818
DukeTongass National Forest45,091
Game CreekTongass National Forest54,469
Hoonah SoundTongass National Forest79,764
KekuTongass National Forest10,869
Mansfield PeninsulaTongass National Forest54,991
North KupreanofTongass National Forest114,660
North RevillaTongass National Forest215,430
Tenakee RidgeTongass National Forest20,527
References (6)
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N., and E. S. Herald. 1983. A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 336 pp.
  2. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 24 November 2000e. Puget Sound populations of Pacific hake, Pacific cod, and walleye pollock. Federal Register 65(227):70514-70521.
  3. Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Perez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland. 386 pp.
  4. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Seventh edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34, Bethesda, Maryland.
  5. Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.
  6. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.