Atlantic cod Atlantic cod The Atlantic cod ("Gadus morhua") is a benthopelagic fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans. It is also commercially known as cod or codling. Dry cod may be prepared as unsalted stockfish, as cured salt cod or clipfish. In the western Atlantic Ocean, cod has a distribution north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and around both coasts of Greenland and the Labrador Sea; in the eastern Atlantic, it is found from the Bay of Biscay north to the Arctic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Sea of the Hebrides, areas around Iceland and the
Atlantic cod currents and develop into larvae ("fry"). Age of maturation varies between cod stocks, from ages two to four in the west Atlantic, but as late as eight years in the northeast Arctic. Cod can live for 13 years or more. The Atlantic cod is one of three cod species in the genus "Gadus "along with Pacific cod and Greenland cod. A variety of fish species are colloquially known as cod, but they are not all classified within the "Gadus", though some are in the Atlantic cod family, Gadidae. Atlantic cod are a shoaling species and move in large, size-structured aggregations.