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Trisopterus minutus Poor cod

Trisopterus minutusis commonly referred to as Poor cod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 100000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
4856 
AphiaID:
126446 
Scientific:
Trisopterus minutus 
German:
Zwergdorsch 
English:
Poor Cod 
Category:
Codfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Gadidae (Family) > Trisopterus (Genus) > minutus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Arabian Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Israel, Morocco, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
1 - 440 Meter 
Size:
7.87" - 15.75" (20cm - 40cm) 
Temperature:
37.4 °F - 71.6 °F (3°C - 22°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Clam meat, Clams, Copepods, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Isopods, Krill, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sea squirts, Sepia, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Tank:
21997.84 gal (~ 100000L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2012-12-02 14:46:54 

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Special thanks for the Picture to Christian Coudre, France, merci!

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: Trondheim Fjord and the Faeroe Islands to Portugal and along the Atlantic coast of Morocco; also in the Mediterranean.

Biology:
Occurs mostly from 15 to 200 m in the Atlantic and to 120 in the Mediterranean on muddy or sandy bottoms.
Feeds on crustaceans, small fish, and polychaetes. Used in the production of fish meal, and in southern Europe as a human food.

Synonymised taxa:
Brachygadus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gadulus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gadus capelanus Lacepède, 1800
Gadus minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Gadus tacaud Lacepède, 1800
Morua capelanus Risso, 1827
Trisopterus luscus capelanus (Lacepède, 1800)
Trisopterus minutus capelanus (Lacepède, 1800)
Trisopterus minutus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific paper

  1. Ecology of poor-cod ( Trisopterus minutus ) on the Faroe Bank, Magnussen, Eyđfinn; Magnussen, Marita D. , 2009
  2. Eastern and Western Poor Cod (Trisopterus minutus capelanus) Populations in the Mediterranean Sea: Evidence from Allozyme and Minisatellite Loci, Valeria Mattiangeli; Anthony W. Ryan; Paul Galvin; Jarle Mork; Thomas F. Cross, 2003
  3. VNTR variability in Atlantic poor cod (Trisopterus minutus minutus) throughout its range: single locus minisatellite data suggest reproductive isolation for the Faroe Bank population, V. Mattiangeli; P. Galvin; A.W. Ryan; J. Mork; T.F. Cross, 2002
  4. Isolation and characterization of 10 microsatellite loci in poor cod Trisopterus minutus (L), De-Xing Zhang; Julie A. Smith; Ciro Rico; Godfrey M. Hewitt, 2001
  5. Feeding Habits of Trisopterus minutus capelanus (Gadidae) Off the Eastern Coast of Spain (Western Mediterranean), M. Salomé Morte; Manuel J. Redón; Antonio Sanz-Brau, 2001
  6. Feeding ecology of Mediterranean poor cod, Trisopterus minutus capelanus (Lacepede), from the eastern coast of Greece, C.-Y. Politou; C. Papaconstantinou, 1994
  7. The predator-prey relationships of Irish Sea poor-cod (Trisopterus minutus L.), pouting (Trisopterus luscus L.) and cod (Gadus morhua L.), Armstrong, M. J., 1982

External links

  1. Cote bleu Christian Coudre (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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