Atlantic cod
Gadus morhua
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Gadidae
- Genus
- Gadus
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 11 countries and 5 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 28 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 16 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 8 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 74024 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 14230 records
- Silfra & Thingvellir, Iceland - 11 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1988 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 91 records
- Lofoten Islands, Norway - 12 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 629 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 35984 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 147 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1316 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 6220 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 1274 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 51 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 6004 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 424431 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 9230 records