Common Names Summary - Dissostichus mawsoni
Common name of Dissostichus mawsoni
 
Common name Giant Antarctic cod
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Territory US America (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier locality/area
2nd modifier mod. for size
Remarks 'cod', from Old English 'cod', i.e., pouch or with a baglike appearance (p. 122, Ref. 11979); 'Antarctic', i.e. of the Antarctic Ocean.
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