Description

The Greenland cod (Gadus ogac) is a medium-sized cold-water gadid fish found primarily in the Northwest Atlantic, especially around Greenland, Labrador, and the Canadian Arctic. It closely resembles the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) but remains generally smaller and more sluggish, with a stockier body, three dorsal fins, and a distinct chin barbel typical of gadids. Color is usually brownish or olive with paler flanks.

Adults commonly measure 30–70 cm, occasionally approaching 90 cm, and weigh up to 6–7 kg, though most individuals are smaller compared to other cod species. Greenland cod inhabit cold shelf waters, fjords, and near-shore shallows down to ~600 m, often selecting rocky bottoms where they feed on fish, shrimp, and benthic invertebrates.

They are slow-growing, long-lived fish well adapted to icy waters, remaining active at very low temperatures where other teleosts struggle.