Arctic cod
Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Polar cod, Boreogadus saida. The specimen #21746, U. S. National Museum, collected at Annanactook Harbor, Cumberland Gulf, by Ludwig Kumlien on October 19, 1877.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Boreogadus saida, known as the polar cod or as the Arctic cod, is a fish of the cod family Gadidae, related to the true cod (genus Gadus). Another fish species for which both the common names Arctic cod and polar cod are used is Arctogadus glacialis.
Wikipedia contributors, Boreogadus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:49:10.444701+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774)
- Name authority
- (Lepechin, 1774)
- Common name
- Arctic cod
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Gadidae
- Genus
- Boreogadus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGadiformes
- familyGadidae Rafinesque, 1810
- genusBoreogadus Günther, 1862
- speciesBoreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Merlangus polaris Sabine, 1824 Sabine, 1824 | synonym |
| Pollachius polaris (Sabine, 1824) (Sabine, 1824) | synonym |
| Boreogadus polaris (Sabine, 1824) (Sabine, 1824) | synonym |
| Gadus saida Lepechin, 1774 Lepechin, 1774 | synonym |
| Gadus agilis Reinhardt, 1837 Reinhardt, 1837 | synonym |
| Gadus fabricii Richardson, 1836 Richardson, 1836 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126433 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:MJS9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.