tomcod

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; atlantic cod; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73031

tom cod n One cod relative, the tomcod, is the bane of students of marine ichthyology. There are two species: the Pacific tomcod ([i]Microgradus proximus[i]), occuring from California northward to Alaskan waters, _and_ the Atlantic _tomcod_ ([i]Microgradus proximus[i]). Most adult tomcods are less than a foot long but they look very much like the Atlantic cod. Dr. Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists, say, "The tomcod resembles a small cod so closely in its fins, in the projection of its upper jaw be- yond the lower, in the presence of a barbel on its chin, and in its pale lateral line, that the one might easily be taken for the other." PRINTED ITEM DEC 1974 G.M. Story JH DEC 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used