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  Name Arctic cod
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Actinopterygii
  Ordo Gadiformes
  Familia Gadidae
  Genus '''''Arctogadus'''''
  Species '''''A glacialis'''''
  Binomial ''Arctogadus glacialis''
  Binomial Authority Peters , 1872


The Arctic cod (''Arctogadus glacialis'') is a deepwater fish closely related to the true Cod (genus ''Gadus''). It has several common names, including "Polar cod" and "Greenland cod". Note, however, that another species, ''Boreogadus Saida'' , also shares the common names "Arctic cod" and "Polar cod", while the name "Greenland cod" refers additionally to the species ''Gadus Ogac'' .

It is widely distributed in the western part of the Arctic basin, also the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland . Its range is between 85° and 72° north Latitude . Arctic cod can be found at depths of up to 1000 m, and frequently under ice.

It is silvery in appearance and can grow up to 30 cm in length. It lacks the chin Barbel s of other cod species.

Arctic cod feed on invertebrates, such as Crab s and Mollusc s, as well as on smaller fish. They are eaten by Narwhal s, Seal s and by other fish and they form an important part of the Arctic Food Chain . The species is of minor commercial value.


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