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Brief morphological characteristics of cod Gadus macrocephalus (Gadidae) from coastal waters of the Komandor Islands

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The results of the studies on morpho-biological characteristics of Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus of Bering Island coastal waters (Komandor Islands) are presented. As assessed by several morphometric indices, the studied cod differs from the cod of the Bering Sea.

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    A. N. Stroganov & A. M. Malyutina

  2. Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO), Murmansk, Russia

    N. V. Zuykova

  3. All-Russia Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, Russia

    K. A. Zhukova

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Stroganov, A.M. Malyutina, N.V. Zuykova, K.A. Zhukova, 2017, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2017, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 485–489.

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Stroganov, A.N., Malyutina, A.M., Zuykova, N.V. et al. Brief morphological characteristics of cod Gadus macrocephalus (Gadidae) from coastal waters of the Komandor Islands. J. Ichthyol. 57, 643–646 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945217040166

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