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title: "Atlantic Cod"
description: "Gadus morhua — Fish. The Atlantic cod (pl.: cod; Gadus morhua) is a fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/atlantic-cod
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Cod

> Gadus morhua — Fish. The Atlantic cod (pl.: cod; Gadus morhua) is a fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans.

- Scientific name: *Gadus morhua*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast), `arctic` (Arctic)
- iNaturalist observations: 1666
- Wikidata: [Q199788](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199788)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63740](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63740)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Cod
- de: Dorsch
- es: Bacalao
- fr: Morue franche
- nl: Atlantische kabeljauw
- pt: Bacalhau-do-atlântico
- pl: Dorsz atlantycki

## Countries with the most observations

NO (356), CA (224), US (133), GB (83), DK (71), IS (69), DE (67), RU (53), SE (45), GL (34), FO (12), PL (7)

## Summary

The Atlantic cod (pl.: cod; Gadus morhua) is a fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans. It is also commercially known as cod or codling.
In the western Atlantic Ocean, cod has a distribution north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and around both coasts of Greenland and the Labrador Sea; in the eastern Atlantic, it is found from the Bay of Biscay north to the Arctic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Sea of the Hebrides, areas around Iceland and the Barents Sea.
Atlantic cod can live for up to 25 years and typically grow up to 100–140 cm (40–55 in), but individuals in excess of 180 cm (70…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_cod

## Photo

![Atlantic Cod](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-cod/medium.jpg)

Photo: Eli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206055294

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-cod?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).