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'''대서양대구'''(Gadus morhua, Atlantic cod)는 [[대구과]]에 속하는 [[물고기]]이며 인간에 의해 널리 소비된다. 건조시킨 대구는 염을 하지 않은 건대구<ref name=milwell>''Oxford English Dictionary'', 3rd&nbsp;ed. "milwell, ''n.''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002.</ref><ref name=stockfish>''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1st&nbsp;ed. "stock-fish&nbsp;| 'stockfish, ''n.''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1917.</ref>{{Refn|group=n|In [[South Africa]], however, "stockfish" refers to the [[South African hake|local hake]] (''Merluccius capensis'').}} 및 [[염대구]]로 준비된다.{{Refn|group=n|Former names for salted cod include '''cured cod''',<ref name=greencod/> '''ling''',<ref name=greencod/><ref name=ling>''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1st&nbsp;ed. "ling, ''n.¹''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1903.</ref><ref name=haberdine/> and '''haberdine'''.<ref name="seaport">[http://www.seafood-portal.com/Fish_Products/Gadus_morhua:Atlantic_cod ''Atlantic Cod''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225151638/http://www.seafood-portal.com/Fish_Products/Gadus_morhua%3AAtlantic_cod |date=2009-12-25 }}. Seafood Portal.</ref><ref name=haberdine>''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1st&nbsp;ed. "†&nbsp;haberdine, ''n.''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1898.</ref> Freshly-salted cod was known as '''green cod''', '''white cod''', '''corefish''',<ref name=greencod>''Oxford English Dictionary'', 3rd&nbsp;ed. "green cod, ''n.¹''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.</ref> '''coursfish''',<ref name=stockfish/> and green fish or greenfish.<ref name="greenfish">''Oxford English Dictionary'', 3rd&nbsp;ed. "green fish, ''n.''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.</ref> "Green cod" may also refer to the [[saithe]] (''Pollachius virens''), [[Pollachius pollachius|pollack]] (''P. pollachius''), or uncommonly to the [[lingcod]] (''O. elongatus'').<ref name=greenfish/> "Ling" now more often refers to [[Ling (disambiguation)|other fish]], particularly the [[common ling]] (''Molva molva'').<ref name=ling/>}}

기록된 가장 큰 개체는 1.5미터 길이, 무게는 47킬로그램에 이르지만 보통은 60~120센티미터 길이, 몸무게는 최대 40킬로그램이다. 암컷과 수컷 모두 크기와 몸무게는 비슷하다.<ref>{{서적 인용|title=Field Guide to Fishes, National Audubon Society|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|isbn=978-0-375-41224-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nationalaudubons00nati_1/page/224 224]|edition=2nd Edition fully revised, April 2002|year=2002|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nationalaudubons00nati_1/page/224}}</ref><ref>{{웹 인용|url=http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gadus_morhua/|title=Gadus morhua (Cod)|website=Animal Diversity Web|language=en|access-date=2017-02-13}}</ref>

수명은 25년이며 보통 2~4세 사이에 성적으로 성숙하지만<ref>O'Brien, L., J. Burnett, and R. K. Mayo. (1993) Maturation of Nineteen Species of Finfish off the Northeast Coast of the United States, 1985–1990. NOAA Tech. Report. NMFS 113, 66 p.</ref> 북동부 북극의 대구는 완전히 성숙하는데 8년이 소요될 수 있다.<ref name="ices.dk">ICES (2007), Arctic Fisheries Working Group
Report, Section 03, Table 3.5,
[http://www.ices.dk/reports/ACOM/2007/AFWG/03-5North%20East%20Arctic%20Cod%20(Subareas%20I%20and%20II).pdf International Council for the Exploration of the Sea]{{깨진 링크|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
(accessed 2008/12/11)</ref> 색은 갈색이나 녹색이며 등쪽 부분에 점들이 있고 배는 은색이다. 측선의 줄무늬<ref name="Bleckmann 13–25">{{저널 인용|last1=Bleckmann|first1=Horst|last2=Zelick|first2=Randy|date=2009-03-01|title=Lateral line system of fish|journal=Integrative Zoology|volume=4|issue=1|pages=13–25|doi=10.1111/j.1749-4877.2008.00131.x|issn=1749-4877|pmid=21392273}}</ref>가 눈에 띈다.

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== 외부 링크 ==
{{위키생물종|Gadus morhua}}
{{위키공용분류|Gadus morhua|Atlantic cod}}
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* {{UCSC genomes|gadMor1}}
* {{sealifephotos|126436}}

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