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Gadus chalcogrammus (Alaska pollock)

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Gadidae

Taxonomy
Gadus chalcogrammus was named by Pallus (1814). It is extant.

It was recombined as Theragra chalcogramma by Fitch (1968), Fitch (1970), Welton (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Gadus chalcogrammus Pallus
1968Theragra chalcogramma Fitch p. 10 fig. 1k
1970Theragra chalcogramma Fitch p. 36 fig. 2g
2008Gadus chalcogrammus Carr and Dawn Marshall
2015Theragra chalcogramma Welton p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyGadidaeRafinesque 1810
genusGadus
specieschalcogrammusPallus 1814

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gadus chalcogrammus Pallus 1814 [Alaska pollock]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Theragra chalcogramma (276728)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Theragra chalcogramma (222407)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Theragra chalcogramma (275914)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Theragra chalcogramma (226585)