Gadus morhua

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII GADIFORMES GADIDAE

Scientific Name: Gadus morhua
Species Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name/s:
English Atlantic Cod

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   A1bd   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Sobel, J.

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Belgium; Canada; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Germany; Greenland; Guernsey; Iceland; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Isle of Man; Jersey; Latvia; Lithuania; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russian Federation; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Atlantic – northeast;  Atlantic – northwest

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Marine
Citation: Sobel, J. 1996. Gadus morhua. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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