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Gadiculus thori Schmidt, 1913

Silvery cod
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Gadiculus: Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: These genera and species are named after ‘Thor’, the first Danish research vessel specifically equipped for oceanic scientific research (named after the Norse god of thunder). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Issue
Previously as a subspecies of Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850. Synonym of the latter in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Oct. 2012: Ref. 92135) following (Mercader & Vinyoles, 2008).

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

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous; depth range 100 - 1000 m (Ref. 35388). Temperate; 72°N - 43°N, 32°W - 26°E

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Northeast Atlantic: North Cape, Skagerrak to Bay of Biscay. Western Mediterranean (Ref.123983).

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Maturity: Lm 12.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3663); common length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4645)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 29; Anal soft rays: 11 - 16. Vertebrae 39-43. Dull with dark flecks on head and back.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Over muddy bottoms. Spawns in spring. Important prey for several commercial fish.

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Oviparous, sexes are separate (Ref. 205).

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Svetovidov, A.N., 1986. Gadidae. p. 680-710. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2. (Ref. 3663)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 3.5 - 10.4, mean 7.4 °C (based on 200 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00424 - 0.01487), b=3.10 (2.94 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 1.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.69, tm=2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 72 [39, 168] mg/100g; Iron = 0.699 [0.348, 1.323] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [16.1, 19.2] %; Omega3 = 0.936 [0.428, 2.110] g/100g; Selenium = 13.5 [6.0, 31.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 27.6 [6.5, 120.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.753 [0.478, 1.160] mg/100g (wet weight);