Atlantic cod: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Atlantic cod lives – recorded in 21 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gadus morhua
Group	Bony fish
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	21 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Length	0.9 m
Lifespan	25 years
Diet (main food)	Ctenophora, Clypeasteroida, clam, Holothuroidea, mussel, capelin, sand eel, Tunicata, Polychaeta, haddock, Clupea harengus, Pleuronectes platessa, whiting, common sole, Atlantic mackerel, herring, Teuthida
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Gadiformes
Family	Gadidae

Where does the Atlantic cod live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Atlantic cod in 21 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Atlantic cod?

Wikidata records the following for the Atlantic cod: length 0.9 m.

How long does an Atlantic cod live?

Wikidata records a life expectancy of 25 years for the Atlantic cod.

What does an Atlantic cod eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the Atlantic cod as: Ctenophora, Clypeasteroida, clam, Holothuroidea, mussel, capelin, sand eel, Tunicata, Polychaeta, haddock, Clupea harengus, Pleuronectes platessa, whiting, common sole, Atlantic mackerel, herring, Teuthida.

Is the Atlantic cod endangered?

The Atlantic cod’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Atlantic cod?

The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a ray-finned fish in the order Gadiformes and the family Gadidae, genus Gadus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Atlantic cod

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 in) and 50 kg (110 lb) have been caught. They will attain sexual maturity between ages 2 and 8, but this varies between populations and has varied over time.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Atlantic cod (revision 1379495096), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q199788 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).