#2150 · 🐟 fish
Atlantic Cod
🇳🇱 Kabeljauw ·Gadus morhua
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Joachim S. Müller · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Klaus Kevin Kristensen · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Emil B · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Emil B · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Asbjørn Hansen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. © Viktor V. Grøtan · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © Wouter Koch · CC0
- 8. © GRID-Arendal · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. © Asbjørn Hansen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. © uconnbirdfish · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
The Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua ) is a benthopelagic fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans. It is also commercially known as cod or codling . Dry cod may be prepared as unsalted stockfish , as cured salt cod or clipfish .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,706 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- About 90 cm long.
- Can live up to 25 years.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Atlantic Cod
- Nederlands
- Kabeljauw
- scientific name
- Gadus morhua
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Gadiformes
- family
- Gadidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 788
- sightings worldwide
- 1,706
- GBIF records in NL
- 31,574
- weight
- —
- length
- 90 cm
- lifespan
- 25 years
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Gadidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 63740, Wikidata Q199788, GBIF 8084280, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.