Atlantic cod

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The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a well-known food fish belonging to the family Gadidae. It grows to two metres (6 1/2 feet) in length. Colouring is brown to green on the dorsal side, shading to silver ventrally. Its habitat ranges from the shoreline down to the continental shelf.

Related Topics:
Food fish - Gadidae - Dorsal - Habitat - Continental shelf

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In the western Atlantic Ocean cod has a distribution north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and round both coasts of Greenland; in the eastern Atlantic it is found from the Bay of Biscay north to the Arctic Ocean, including the North Sea, areas around Iceland and the Barents Sea, which is the most important feeding area.

Related Topics:
Atlantic Ocean - Cape Hatteras - North Carolina - Greenland - Bay of Biscay - Arctic Ocean - North Sea - Iceland - Barents Sea

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