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Taxon: Species Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic cod (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 252.

Types

Type of: Gadus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Different spelling: Gadus morrhua Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Gadus arenosus Mitchill, 1815 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus callarias kildinensis Derjugin, 1920 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus heteroglossus Walbaum, 1792 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus morhua kildinensis Berg, 1933 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus morhua morhua Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus nanus Faber, 1829 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus rupestris Mitchill, 1815 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus vertagus Walbaum, 1792 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Morhua punctatus Fleming, 1828 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Morhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Morrhua americana Storer, 1839 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name (subjective): Gadus callarias Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Atlantic cod Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 685.
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