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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Main Authors: Agnieszka Rybczyk, Przemysław Czerniejewski, Joanna Rokicka-Praxmajer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Oceanologia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0078323414500097
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spelling doaj-615739c5d1b44ac8a8a40c6d2efacf7a2020-11-25T00:34:32ZengElsevierOceanologia0078-32342014-01-0156115916310.5697/oc.56-1.159First record of brown colouration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L.) from the North SeaAgnieszka Rybczyk0Przemysław Czerniejewski1Joanna Rokicka-Praxmajer2Department of Aquatic Sozology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Kazimierza Królewicza 4, 71–550 Szczecin, Poland;Department of Fisheries Management, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Kazimierza Królewicza 4, 71–550 Szczecin, PolandDepartment of Marine Ecology and Environmental Protection, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Kazimierza Królewicza 4, 71–550 Szczecin, PolandThis 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0078323414500097North SeaGadus morhuaSkin colourBrown cod
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author Agnieszka Rybczyk
Przemysław Czerniejewski
Joanna Rokicka-Praxmajer
spellingShingle Agnieszka Rybczyk
Przemysław Czerniejewski
Joanna Rokicka-Praxmajer
First record of brown colouration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L.) from the North Sea
Oceanologia
North Sea
Gadus morhua
Skin colour
Brown cod
author_facet Agnieszka Rybczyk
Przemysław Czerniejewski
Joanna Rokicka-Praxmajer
author_sort Agnieszka Rybczyk
title First record of brown colouration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L.) from the North Sea
title_short First record of brown colouration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L.) from the North Sea
title_full First record of brown colouration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L.) from the North Sea
title_fullStr First record of brown colouration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L.) from the North Sea
title_full_unstemmed First record of brown colouration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, L.) from the North Sea
title_sort first record of brown colouration of atlantic cod (gadus morhua, l.) from the north sea
publisher Elsevier
series Oceanologia
issn 0078-3234
publishDate 2014-01-01
description 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.
topic North Sea
Gadus morhua
Skin colour
Brown cod
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0078323414500097
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