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Theragra chalcogramma

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Theragra chalcogramma

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Also known as walleye pollock, Pacific pollock, bigeye pollock, bigeye cod, snow cod, Gadus minor, lesser cod, copperline cod

species of fish

OverviewAI-generated

Theragra chalcogramma is a species of fish within the family Gadidae and order Gadiformes. It belongs to the class Teleostei, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The organism is commonly known as Alaska pollock or alaskatorsk. Its parent taxon is Theragra, and it is classified under the authority of Pallas, 1814.

The species inhabits marine and brackish environments. Records indicate its presence in the United States, with data held by institutions such as UWFC. The taxon has an unaccepted status in certain databases. Occurrence records number 21,309, while separate record counts total 20,410, accompanied by three media items.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Alaska pollock

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderGadiformes
  5. FamilyGadidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded21,309

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
20,410
With media
3
Family
Gadidae
Collections
UWFC
Recorded in
United States

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Encyclopedic overview

The Alaska pollock also known as Pacific pollock or walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) is a marine fish species of the cod genus Gadus and family Gadidae.

It is a semi-pelagic schooling fish widely distributed in the North Pacific, with largest concentrations found in the eastern Bering Sea.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Theragra chalcogramma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.