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Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792)

Atlantic tomcod
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> 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 Écologie

marin; eau douce; saumâtre démersal; anadrome (Ref. 26213); profondeur 0 - 69 m (Ref. 57178). Temperate; 54°N - 36°N, 76°W - 56°W (Ref. 86798)

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

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.1 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5951)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Épines anales: 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.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. 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).

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Oviparous, sexes are separate (Ref. 205).

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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)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; pêche sportive: oui
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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).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref. 120179):  Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (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).
Catégorie de prix (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);