Microgadus tomcod, Atlantic tomcod : fisheries, gamefish

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Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792)

Atlantic tomcod
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Microgadus: Greek, mikros = samll + Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335);  tomcod: Not available. See CoF (Eschmeyer, April 2006, Ref. 56787)..
More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; acqua dolce; salmastro demersale; anadromo (Ref. 26213); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 69 m (Ref. 57178). Temperate; 54°N - 36°N, 76°W - 56°W (Ref. 86798)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Northwest Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada to Virginia in USA.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.1 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5951)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 0; Spine anali 0. Body elongated; head small; eyes relatively small. Pelvic fins with a slightly elongated filament. Olive green brown or yellow dorsally, paler ventrally; with dark mottling on sides and fins.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found in coastal, brackish and fresh water, landlocked in several lakes. Feeds mostly on small crustaceans, (especially shrimps and amphipods); also worms, small mollusks, squids and fishes (smelt, sticklebacks, striped bass, alewives, shed, herring and sculpins (Ref. 5951)) (Ref. 1371).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Oviparous, sexes are separate (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
FAO - pesca: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Genere, Specie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - pesca: landings; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | Acquari pubblici | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, ricerca | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.7 - 12.6, mean 6.4 °C (based on 144 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00398 (0.00186 - 0.00854), b=3.13 (2.94 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tm=2-4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (75 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 48 [26, 98] mg/100g; Iron = 0.354 [0.195, 0.622] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [16.4, 19.1] %; Omega3 = 0.414 [0.202, 0.847] g/100g; Selenium = 11.7 [5.8, 26.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.4 [3.7, 47.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.656 [0.458, 0.956] mg/100g (wet weight);