Species: Microgadus proximus
Pacific Tomcod
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
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This paper looks at 21 years of data on estuarine demersal fish in Puget Sound, assessing changes in population after the closure of bottom trawl fisheries.

Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Gadidae
Genus
Microgadus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Gadiformes - Gadidae - Microgadus
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Marine
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Ecology Comments
An important prey species (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-09-20
Global Status Last Changed
1996-09-20
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Eastern Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to central California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).