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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Cusk (Cusk; Brosme brosme)

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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






CuskFDA-SL Market Name: Cusk
FDA-SL Common Name: Cusk
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Brosme brosme
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: ck
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: brosbros
Vernac. 1) Tusk
Vernac. 2) Torsk
Vernac. 3) European Cusk
Vernac. 4) Brosmius
Vernac. 5) Moonfish




AFS Common Name: Cusk
AFS Sci. Name: Brosme brosme (Ascanius, 1772)
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms: This name was incorrectly attributed to Müller in previous editions.
FAO Sci. Name: Brosme brosme (Ascanius, 1772)
FAO Species Code: GADI Bro 1
FAO Common English: Tusk (= Cusk)
FAO Common French: Brosme
FAO Common Spanish: Brosmio
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Gadus brosme Ascanius, 1772,
Icones Rerum, 2:7

FAO Synonyms: Gadus torsk Bonnaterre, 1788;
Gadus lubb Euphrasen, 1794;
Blennius torsk, Lacepède;
Enchelyopus brosme Bloch & Schneider, 1801;
Brosmius flavesny LeSueur, 1819;
Brosmius vulgaris Fleming, 1828;
Brosmius scotica Swainson, 1839;
Brosmius flavescens Günther, 1862;
Brosmius americanus Gill, 1863;
Brosmius brosme Gill, 1863.

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageCusk
Brosme brosme
Cusk
AWestern North Atlantic from New Jersey to the Strait of Belle Isle and on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Rare at the southern tip of Greenland. Found off Iceland, in the northern North Sea, and along the coasts of Scandinavia to the Murmansk Coast and at Spitzbergen.

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