Boreogadus saida

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Boreogadus saida, commonly known as the polar cod, is a small Arctic fish species adapted to icy waters and crucial to polar marine food webs.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Boreogadus saida canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish species ⓘ
marine organism ⓘ
ray-finned fish ⓘ
adaptation antifreeze proteins in blood ⓘ
cold-water adaptation ⓘ
ice-associated lifestyle ⓘ
bodyShape slender elongated body ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
climateChangeVulnerability high ⓘ
color silvery ⓘ
commercialUse minor commercial fishery ⓘ
commonName Arctic cod ⓘ
polar cod ⓘ
linked to: Arctic cod
describedBy Lepechin ⓘ
distribution Baffin Bay ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
Beaufort Sea ⓘ
Chukchi Sea ⓘ
Greenland Sea ⓘ
Kara Sea ⓘ
Laptev Sea ⓘ
circumpolar Arctic ⓘ
ecologicalRole key forage fish in Arctic marine food webs ⓘ
eggType pelagic eggs ⓘ
family Gadidae ⓘ
feedsOn copepods ⓘ
krill ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ
genus Boreogadus ⓘ
habitat Arctic Ocean ⓘ
continental shelf waters ⓘ
sea ice zone ⓘ
sub-Arctic seas ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
livesInEnvironment marine environment ⓘ
maximumLength about 30 cm ⓘ
order Gadiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
preyOf Arctic cod-eating seabirds ⓘ
bearded seal ⓘ
beluga whale ⓘ
black-legged kittiwake ⓘ
narwhal ⓘ
polar bear (indirectly via seals) ⓘ
ringed seal ⓘ
thick-billed murre ⓘ
spawningHabitat under sea ice ⓘ
spawningSeason winter ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat ocean warming ⓘ
sea ice loss ⓘ
trophicLevel mid-trophic level ⓘ
typicalLength about 15–20 cm ⓘ
usedAs fish meal source ⓘ
yearDescribed 1774 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Gadidae → containsTaxon → Boreogadus saida ⓘ
Arctic cod → binomialName → Boreogadus saida ⓘ