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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Pollock (Pollock; Pollachius virens)

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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






PollockFDA-SL Market Name: Pollock
FDA-SL Common Name: Pollock
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Pollachius virens
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: ap
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: pollvire
Vernac. 1) Saithe
Vernac. 2) Coalfish
Vernac. 3) Coley
Vernac. 4) Green Cod
Vernac. 5) Boston Bluefish




AFS Common Name: Pollock
AFS Sci. Name: Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758)
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.
FAO Sci. Name: Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758)
FAO Species Code: GADI Pol 2
FAO Common English: Saithe
FAO Common French: Lieu noir
FAO Common Spanish: Carbonero
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Gadus virens Linnaeus, 1758;
Syst. Nat., ed. 10:254.

FAO Synonyms: Gadus carbonarius Linnaeus, 1758;
Gadus colinus Lacepède, 1800;
Gadus sey Lacepède, 1800;
Gadus purpureusMitchill, 1815;
Merlangus virens Fleming, 1828;
Merlangus carbonarius Fleming, 1828;
Merlangus purpureus Storer, 1846;
Pollachius carbonarius Gill, 1864.

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImagePollock
Pollachius virens
Pollock
ABarents Sea and Spitzbergen to Bay of Biscay, around Iceland, southwestern Greenland, and in the western Atlantic from Hudson Strait to N. Carolina, although rare at the extremes of the range.

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