Walleye pollock Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814 found north of Spitsbergen indicates a Pacific-Atlantic connection in the species
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2020Metadata
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10.5324/fn.v40i0.3394Abstract
A small (36.5 cm) female walleye pollock Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814 was caught north of Spitsbergen in 2011. The specimen had a high number of pyloric caeca (n=109), indicating a Pacific origin. The record is the first evidence of a possible input to the small Atlantic population of walleye pollock from the large populations on the Pacific side.