Eleginus navaga

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Eleginus navaga is a small Arctic cod species found in the coastal and estuarine waters of the Barents and White Seas, important in local fisheries and adapted to cold, brackish environments.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eleginus 1
Eleginus navaga canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish species ⓘ
marine organism ⓘ
ray-finned fish ⓘ
adaptation cold-water tolerance ⓘ
tolerance of low salinity ⓘ
authority (Pallas, 1814) ⓘ
behavior forms schools ⓘ
bodyShape elongated cod-like body ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
climatePreference Arctic and subarctic waters ⓘ
coloration brownish or olive back ⓘ
paler flanks ⓘ
whitish belly ⓘ
commercialUse dried or salted fish ⓘ
frozen products ⓘ
human consumption ⓘ
commonName navaga ⓘ
polar cod navaga ⓘ
describedBy Peter Simon Pallas ⓘ
diet benthic invertebrates ⓘ
polychaete worms ⓘ
small crustaceans ⓘ
small fishes ⓘ
distribution Arctic Ocean shelf areas ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
Kara Sea ⓘ
White Sea ⓘ
ecologicalRole benthic predator ⓘ
prey for marine mammals ⓘ
prey for seabirds ⓘ
eggType demersal eggs ⓘ
family Gadidae ⓘ
fisheriesImportance important for local coastal fisheries ⓘ
genus Eleginus ⓘ
habitat Arctic coastal waters ⓘ
brackish waters ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ
shallow marine waters ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
maximumLength about 30 cm ⓘ
morphologicalFeature barbel on chin ⓘ
three dorsal fins ⓘ
two anal fins ⓘ
order Gadiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
region northern Russia coasts ⓘ
salinityPreference brackish and marine waters ⓘ
spawningHabitat nearshore shallow waters ⓘ
spawningSeason winter ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
typicalLength 15–25 cm ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gadidae → containsTaxon → Eleginus navaga ⓘ
Eleginus gracilis → genus → Eleginus ⓘ
linked to: Eleginus navaga