Greenland Cod

Fish - Gadus Ogac

Greenland cod is bottom-dwelling feeder that is found on the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean and in the Atlantic Ocean. It is found in waters from Alaska to western Greenland and along the eastern Canadian coast down as far south as Cape Breton Island. 

Main Photo Credit: Greenland Cod by Michael Verdirame, 2019. https://inaturalist.ca/photos/56100948. Licenced with CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/.
Second Photo Credit: Greenland Cod by Claude Nozères, 2011. https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/photogallery.php?album=1487&pic=38958#photogallery. Licenced with CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Third Photo Credit: Greenland Cod by Laurent Fay, 2012. https://inaturalist.ca/photos/180090667. Licenced with CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

English

Term Dialect
Greenland Cod Standard English

Greenlandic

Term Dialect
Uugaq Kalaallisut

Inuktut

Term Dialect
Ogatsuk Nunatsiavummiutut
Uugaq Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut

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