Frostfish

The season of the tomcod varies by location -- one known example is the Sainte-Anne River in Quebec, where its season is from late-December to mid-February.

The Frostfish lives in the demersal, anadromous, freshwater, brackish, marine, depth range 0 - 69 m environment.

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frostfish or frost·fish·es Any of several North American fishes, especially the tamcod, that appear during the fall frost season. More

frostfish definition ☆ frost·fish (-fis̸h′) noun pl. frostfish -·fish′, frostfishes -·fish′es 1. tomcod 2. More

others are called frostfishes because they appear in late autumn and early winter, around the time of the first frosts. More

The North Pacific frostfish, Benthodesmus pacificus, is a cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found in the north Pacific Ocean between latitudes 50° N and 30° N at depths of between 100 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 112 cm. More

I'm building a frostfish shingle in Erie Pennsylvania with middle school students at a maritime charter school. More

frostfish is our member of the cutlassfish family, while the gemfish is a snake mackerel, related to barracouta. Frosties have skin like chrome and no scales. More

Frostfish are so slender that it is not feasible to fillet them – I just cut the body into sections, dust them in flour and fry them like a flounder. More

(see all of Frostfish, no other writeups in this node) - (definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:47:24 Frost`fish" (?), n. Zool. More

* Bigeye frostfish, Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Parin & Becker, 1970 * Neglected frostfish, Benthodesmus neglectus Parin, 1976 * Sparse-rayed frostfish, Benthodesmus oligoradiatus Parin & More

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Common names

atlantic tomcod in English
Atlantisk frostfisk in Swedish (Svenska)
Atlantisk tomtorsk in Danish (dansk)
Frostfish in English
Frostfisk in Swedish (Svenska)
Microgado in Spanish (español)
Microgadus tomcod in French (français)
Poulamon in French (français)
poulamon atlantique in French (français)
Tomcod in German (Deutsch)
Tomcod in Swedish (Svenska)
Tomecode in Portuguese (Português)
Tomkod atlantycki in Polish (polski)
томкод атлантический in Russian (русский язык)
тресочка канадская in Russian (русский язык)
大西洋小鱈 in Mandarin Chinese
大西洋小鳕 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Gadiformes
Family : Gadidae
Genus : Microgadus
Species : Microgadus tomcod
Authority : Walbaum, 1792