Descriptive Key to the Otoliths of Gadid Fishes of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas

Authors

  • Kathryn J. Frost

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2504

Keywords:

Animal physiology, Animal taxonomy, Gadinae, Fishes, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea

Abstract

An illustrated key with supplementary descriptive material is presented for six species groups of gadid fishes which are of trophic importance in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas. These species include: Arctogadus spp. Drjagin, Boreogadus saida (Lepechin), Eleginus gracilis (Tilesius), Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, Microgadus proximus (Girard), and Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas).

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Published

1981-01-01

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1 (1981): March: 1–100

Section

Articles