Open AccessFirst record of brown colouration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L.) from the North Sea
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Rybczyk,
Przemysław Czerniejewski,
Joanna Rokicka-Praxmajer
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
oceanologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.741
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2300-7370
pISSN - 0078-3234
DOI - 10.5697/oc.56-1.159
Subject(s) - gadus , atlantic cod , fishery , north sea , fish <actinopterygii> , gadidae , oceanography , baltic sea , biology , geography , geology
This paper reports the biological characterisation of a specimen of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) with a unique brown colour, which is the first fish of this species with such a colouration recorded from European waters. It was caught in the coastal zone of the North Sea in June 2011. This ‘brown’ cod fish weighed 1074.3 g and had an overall length of 422 mm
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