Boreogadus saida

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Boreogadus saida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Gadidae
Genus: Boreogadus
Günther, 1862
Species:
B. saida
Binomial name
Boreogadus saida
(Lepechin, 1774)
Synonyms
  • Gadus saidaLepechin, 1774
  • Merlangus polaris Sabine, 1824
  • Boreogadus polaris(Sabine, 1824)
  • Pollachius polaris(Sabine, 1824)
  • Gadus fabricii Richardson, 1836
  • Gadus agilis Reinhardt, 1837
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Boreogadus saida, known as the polar cod [1] [2] [3] or as the Arctic cod, [1] [4] [5] is a fish of the cod family Gadidae, related to the true cod (genus Gadus). Another fish species for which both the common names Arctic cod and polar cod are used is Arctogadus glacialis .

B. saida has a slender body, a deeply forked tail, a projecting mouth, and a small whisker on its chin. It is plainly coloured with brownish spots and a silvery body. It grows to a length of 40 cm (16 in). This species is found further north than any other fish [6] (beyond 84°N) with a distribution spanning the Arctic seas off northern Russia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. [7]

This fish is most commonly found at the water's surface, but is also known to travel at depths greater than 900 metres (3,000 ft). The polar cod is known to frequent river mouths. It is a hardy fish that survives best at temperatures of 0–4 °C (32–39 °F), but may tolerate colder temperatures owing to the presence of antifreeze protein compounds in its blood. They group in large schools in ice-free waters.

B. saida feeds on plankton and krill. It is in turn the primary food source for narwhals, belugas, ringed seals, and seabirds. They are fished commercially in Russia.

Although very populous throughout the Arctic oceans, it still can be a victim to population threats through human actions. Global warming has increased steadily over the past years, and it has caused an increase in ocean temperatures of the Arctic Ocean. Boreogadus saida live in extremely cold water temperatures, and therefore they have adapted to the cold. Their larvae must be in 3 °C to hatch normally, and a rise in ocean temperatures can easily lead to phenotypic changes of this cod species. Possible alterations of the species due to increasing ocean temperatures include, smaller size, reduced fecundity, earlier maturation, and increased investment in reproduction at an early age for some.

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Boreogadus saida" in FishBase . April 2012 version.
  2. ↑ Daniel M. Cohen; Tadashi Inada; Tomio Iwamoto & Nadia Scialabba, eds. (1990). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cods, Hakes, Grenadiers and other Gadiform Fishes Known to Date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. pp. 27–29. ISBN   978-92-5-102890-2.
  3. ↑ Polar cod Institute of Marine Research, Norway
  4. ↑ Arctic Cod: Boreogadus saida Arctic Ocean Diversity. Census of Marine Life.
  5. ↑ Arctic Cod Archived November 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Aquatic species. Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
  6. ↑ Christiansen JS (2012): TUNU Programme: Euro-Arctic marine fishes - Adaptation and evolution. pp 35-50. In: Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Vol. 1: The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.
  7. ↑ Edwards, A.J. (June 1992). "FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 24 (6): 442. doi:10.1016/0025-326X(92)90599-2 . Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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