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Gadus macrocephalus

Tilesius, 1810

Pacific Cod

G5Secure Found in 25 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105222
Element CodeAFCMA08010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderGadiformes
FamilyGadidae
GenusGadus
Other Common Names
Morue du Pacifique (FR)
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 Date2017-12-22
Change Date2017-12-22
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
QuebecS4Yes
British ColumbiaSNRYes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
WashingtonSNRYes
Roadless Areas (25)
Alaska (25)
AreaForestAcres
AnanTongass National Forest36,666
ChichagofTongass National Forest555,858
Chilkat-West Lynn CanalTongass National Forest199,772
College FiordChugach National Forest1,130,818
EudoraTongass National Forest195,022
Fidalgo-GravinaChugach National Forest257,968
Five MileTongass National Forest19,459
FrostyTongass National Forest39,941
GravinaTongass National Forest37,381
HardingTongass National Forest174,349
Juneau UrbanTongass National Forest101,581
Juneau-Skagway IcefieldTongass National Forest1,187,268
KartaTongass National Forest52,117
LindenbergTongass National Forest25,855
Mansfield PeninsulaTongass National Forest54,991
Nellie JuanChugach National Forest713,697
North KupreanofTongass National Forest114,660
Port AlexanderTongass National Forest120,681
Prince William Sound Is.Chugach National Forest118,698
South RevillaTongass National Forest52,105
SpiresTongass National Forest533,746
SullivanTongass National Forest67,323
Tenakee RidgeTongass National Forest20,527
Twenty MileChugach National Forest198,775
Windham-Port HoughtonTongass National Forest161,952
References (4)
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.