Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Gadus macrocephalus

Pacific cod

WoRMS 254538ITIS 164711GBIF 2415853key worms:254538

2026-08-05: itis_id 164711 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Milton Tan · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Gadus morhua

Pacific cod1.2 m

a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Gadus macrocephalus — Photo · dpcmiller · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The Pacific cod 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).W CalCOFI holds 3 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1978 and 2016, as larva.R

3
observations: 3
records: 3
sampling events: 1978–2016
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 3 obs · 3 events · 1978–2016 · larva
name used: Gadus macrocephalus Pacific cod · code 904

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:254538%22

Gadus macrocephalus

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.