Pacific cod

Pacific cod Temporal range: Pleistocene –recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Gadidae
Genus:	Gadus
Species:	G. macrocephalus
Binomial name
Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810
Synonyms[2]
Gadus pygmaeus Pallas, 1814 Gadus ogac Richardson, 1836 Gadus ovak Reinhardt, 1837 Gadus ogat Krøyer, 1847 Gadus auratus Cope, 1873 Gadus brandtii Hilgendorf, 1875

The Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Gadidae. It is a bottom-dwelling fish found in the northern Pacific Ocean, mainly on the continental shelf and upper slopes, to depths of about 900 m (3,000 ft). It can grow to a length of a meter or so and is found in large schools. It is an important commercial food species and is also known as gray cod or grey cod, and grayfish or greyfish. Fishing for this species is regulated with quotas being allotted for hook and line fishing, pots, and bottom trawls. Fossils have been found in Canada near a Steller Sea lion fossil dating to the Pleistocene.