WoRMS taxon details
Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792)
158928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158928)
accepted
Species
Gadus frost Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Gadus polymorphus Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Gadus pruinosus Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Gadus tomcod fuscus Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Gadus tomcod luteus Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Gadus tomcodus · unaccepted
Gadus tomcodus fuscus Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gadus tomcodus luteus Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Gadus tomcodus mixtus Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Gadus tomcodus polymorphus Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Morrhua pruinosa (Mitchill, 1814) · unaccepted
Morrhua tomcodus (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 133 [details]
page(s): 133 [details]
Distribution southern Labrador to Virginia
Distribution southern Labrador to Virginia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158928 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Gadus polymorphus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 368 [details]
original description (of Gadus pruinosus Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 133 [details]
original description (of Gadus frost Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 134 [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 368 [details]
original description (of Gadus pruinosus Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 133 [details]
original description (of Gadus frost Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 134 [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on shrimps, amphipods, squids and small molluscs [details]Distribution southern Labrador to Virginia [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Inhabit coastal brackish and freshwaters to depths of 10m, landlock populations also exist. [details]
Importance Social- Minor commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators Bluefish [details]
Reproduction Spawns in early-late winter over a gravelly or sandy bottom [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | frostfishAtlantic tomcod | [details] |
| French | poulamon atlantiquepoulaman Atlantiaque | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Gadus pruinosus Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Morrhua tomcodus (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (162 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gadus frost Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Gadus tomcodus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gadus polymorphus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Morrhua pruinosa (Mitchill, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gadus tomcodus mixtus Mitchill, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microgadus tomcod)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus frost Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus pruinosus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus polymorphus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcodus polymorphus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcod fuscus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcod luteus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua tomcodus (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcodus mixtus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua pruinosa (Mitchill, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcodus fuscus Mitchill, 1814)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gadus tomcodus luteus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase images (Microgadus tomcod, by FAO)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Gadus pruinosus Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Morrhua tomcodus (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (162 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gadus frost Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Gadus tomcodus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gadus polymorphus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Morrhua pruinosa (Mitchill, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gadus tomcodus mixtus Mitchill, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microgadus tomcod)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus frost Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus pruinosus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus polymorphus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcodus polymorphus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcod fuscus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcod luteus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua tomcodus (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcodus mixtus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Morrhua pruinosa (Mitchill, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tomcodus fuscus Mitchill, 1814)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gadus tomcodus luteus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase images (Microgadus tomcod, by FAO)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Gadus tomcod Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
