Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus)

Scientific name: Trisopterus minutus Linnaeus, 1758

Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus)

The Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus) is a marine fish of the family Gadidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, Trondheim Fjord and the Faeroe Islands to Portugal and along the Atlantic coast of Morocco; also in the Mediterranean.

Biology

Occurs mostly from 15 to 200 m in the Atlantic and to 120 in the Mediterranean on muddy or sandy bottoms. Feeds on crustaceans, small fish, and polychaetes. Used in the production of fish meal, and in southern Europe as a human food.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Trisopterus minutus
Family
Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
40.0
Common length
20.0
Depth range
1–440 m (3–1444 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; non-migratory; depth range 1 - 440 m, usually 15 - 200 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Trondheim Fjord and the Faeroe Islands to Portugal and along the Atlantic coast of Morocco; also in the Mediterranean.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18; tm=1; tmax=6)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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