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Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Gadiformes
family
Gadidae
genus
Gadus
species
Gadus chalcogrammus

Name

Homonyms
Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814)
Common names
Abadejo de alasca in Spanish
Alaska koolvis in Dutch
Alaska pollock in Swedish
Alaska pollock in English
Alaskasej in Swedish
Berlevägfisk in Norwegian
Colin de Alaska in Spanish
Escamudo-do-alasca in Portuguese
Lieu de l'Alaska in French
Merluzzo dell'Alaska in Italian
Mintai in Finnish
Mintai in German
Mintaj in Polish
Morue du pacifique occidental in French
Pazifischer Pollack in German
Theragra in Norwegian
Wall-eye pullack in English
Whiting in English
walleye pollock in English
Alaska pollak in Dutch
Alaska pollock in English
Alaska-Pollack in German
Alaskapollak in Dutch
Polar Kabeljau in German
bigeye in English
colin de Alaska in Spanish
colin de l'Alaska in French
goberge de l'Alaska in French
lieu de l'Alaska in French
walleye pollock in English
Минтай in Russian
スケトウダラ/スケソウダラ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Cohen, Daniel M., Tadashi Inada, Tomio Iwamoto, and Nadia Scialabba, 1990: Gadiform Fishes of the World (Order Gadiformes): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cods, Hakes, Grenadiers and other Gadiform Fishes Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 10. x + 442.
  2. Coulson, Mark W., H. D. Marshall, Pierre Pepin, and Steven M. Carr, 2006: Mitochondrial genomics of gadine fishes: implications for taxonomy and biogeographic origins from whole-genome data sets. Genome, vol. 49, no. 9. 1115-1130.
  3. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  6. Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25.
  7. Mecklenburg, Catherine W., T. Anthony Mecklenburg, and Lyman K. Thorsteinson, 2002: null. Fishes of Alaska. xxxvii + 1037.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  10. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  11. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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