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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Atlantic Cod (Cod; Gadus morhua)

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Nomenclature Table

RFE LinkFDA - SL Market Name
FDA - SL Common Name
FDA - SL Scientific Name
RFE 2 Letter Code
RFE 8 Letter Code		FDA - SL Vernacular NamesAFS Common Name
AFS Scientific Name
AFS Other Names
AFS Synonyms		FAO Scientific Name
FAO Species Code
FAO Common Name English
FAO Common Name French
FAO Common Name Spanish		FAO Synonyms






Atlantic CodFDA-SL Market Name: Cod
FDA-SL Common Name: Atlantic Cod
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Gadus morhua
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: ac
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: gadumorh		Vernac. 1) Rock Cod
Vernac. 2) Codling
Vernac. 3) Scrod Cod






AFS Common Name: Atlantic Cod
AFS Sci. Name: Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.		FAO Sci. Name: Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758
FAO Species Code: GADI Gadu 2
FAO Common English: Atlantic cod
FAO Common French: Morue de l'Atlantique
FAO Common Spanish: Bacalao del Atlántico		FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758;
Syst. Nat., ed. X:252.

FAO Synonyms: Gadus callarius Linnaeus, 1758;
Gadus vertagus Walbaum, 1791;
Gadus heteroglossus Walbaum, 1792;
Gadus ruber Lacepède, 1803;
Morhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828;
Gadus arenosus Mitchill, 1815;
Gadus rupestris Mitchill, 1815;
Morhua punctata Fleming, 1828;
Gadus nanus Faber, 1829;
Morrhua americana Storer, 1858;
Gadus callarias kildinensis Derjugin, 1920;
Gadus morhua kildinensis Berg, 1933;
Gadus morhua morha Svetovidov, 1949.
The species name morhua is incorrectly spelled as morrhua by many authors.

Geographic Distribution Table

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fish imageAtlantic Cod
Gadus morhua
Cod		ACape Hatteras to Ungava Bay along the N. American coast; east and west coasts of Greenland, extending for variable distances to the north, depending upon climate trends; around Iceland; coasts of Europe from the Bay of Biscay to the Barents Sea, including the region around Bear Island.
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