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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
पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल; खारा ड़िमरसल; ऐनाढरोमस (Ref. 26213); गहराई सीमा 0 - 69 m (Ref. 57178). Temperate; 54°N - 36°N, 76°W - 56°W (Ref. 86798)
Northwest Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada to Virginia in USA.
आकार / वज़न / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.1 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 5951)
पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; गुदा कांटा: 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.
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | पुनरुत्पत्ति | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | लार्वा
Oviparous, sexes are separate (Ref. 205).
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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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): PD
50 = 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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.50 se; based on food items.
लौटाव (Ref.
120179): माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (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).
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);