Pacific cod

| name = Pacific cod | image = Gadus macrocephalus.png | image_caption = | taxon = Gadus macrocephalus | authority = Tilesius, 1810 | synonyms = *''Gadus pygmaeus'' Pallas, 1814 *''Gadus ogac'' Richardson, 1836 *''Gadus ovak'' Reinhardt, 1837 *''Gadus ogat'' Krøyer, 1847 *''Gadus auratus'' Cope, 1873 *''Gadus brandtii'' Hilgendorf, 1875 | synonyms_ref = }}

The Pacific cod (''Gadus macrocephalus)'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Gadidae. It is a bottom-dwelling fish found in the northern Pacific Ocean, mainly on the continental shelf and upper slopes, to depths of about . It can grow to a length of a meter or so and is found in large schools. It is an important commercial food species and is also known as gray cod or grey cod, and grayfish or greyfish. Fishing for this species is regulated with quotas being allotted for hook and line fishing, pots, and bottom trawls. Fossils have been found in Canada near a Steller Sea lion fossil dating to the Pleistocene. Provided by Wikipedia