What is Atlantic cod?
{{Speciesbox | name = Atlantic cod | status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3 | status_ref = | image = Atlantic cod.jpg | taxon = Gadus morhua | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] | range_map = Gadus morhua-Atlantic cod.png | range_map_caption = Distribution of Atlantic cod | synonyms = *''Asellus major'' *''Gadus callarias'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> *''Gadus vertagus'' <small>[[Johann Julius Walbaum|Walbaum]], 1792</small> *''Gadus heteroglossus'' <small>Walbaum, 1792</small> *''Gadus ruber'' <small>[[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacepède]], 1803</small> *''Gadus arenosus'' <small>[[Samuel L. Mitchill|Mitchill]], 1815</small> *''Gadus rupestris'' <small>Mitchill, 1815</small> *''Morhua vulgaris'' <small>[[John Fleming (naturalist)|Fleming]], 1828</small> *''Morhua punctatus'' <small>Fleming, 1828</small> *''Gadus nanus'' <small>Faber, 1829</small> *''Morrhua americana'' <small>[[David Humphreys Storer|Storer]], 1839</small> }} '''Atlantic cod''' is a species of [[cod]] which occurs in the northern part of the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The younger fish live near the surface of the ocean, the older ones near the sea floor. Atlantic cod is one of the species of cod that has been consumed by humans. The atlantic cod feeds on other, smaller fish (for example [[herring]]), as well as [[mollusc]]s. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Gadiformes]] [[Category:Edible fish]]