Microgadus tomcod, Atlantic tomcod : fisheries, gamefish

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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 Ecologie

marien; zoet water; brak water demersaal; anadroom (Ref. 26213); diepte 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.

Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.1 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 5951)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie | Morfometrie

Dorsale stekels (totaal): 0; Anale stekels 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     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. 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).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

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)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Harmless





Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van minder commercieel belang; sportvis: ja
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.7 - 12.6, mean 6.4 °C (based on 144 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (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).
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179):  Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (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).
Prijsklasse (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);