First record of brown colouration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L.) from the North Sea

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’...

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Published in:Oceanologia
Main Authors: Agnieszka Rybczyk, Przemysław Czerniejewski, Joanna Rokicka-Praxmajer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Subjects:
North Sea
Gadus morhua
Skin colour
Brown cod
Oceanography
GC1-1581
atlantic cod
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5697/oc.56-1.159
https://doaj.org/article/615739c5d1b44ac8a8a40c6d2efacf7a
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Summary: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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