Pacific Tomcod

Body olive green dorsally, pale ventrally; fins dusky marginally.

Oviparous, sexes are separate (Ref. 205).

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 46 - 54; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 38 - 46

Generally found over sand (Ref. 1371). May enter brackish water (Ref. 1371). Young move into shallow waters in summer and fall, whereas adults usually stay in deeper waters (Ref. 28499). Feeds on shrimps, amphipods, isopods, gastropods, mussels and fishes (Ref. 1371). An important prey species (Ref. 2850).

fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; price category: very high; price reliability: unreliable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this order