Author: (Walbaum, 1792)
FBname: Atlantic tomcod
Comments: Found in coastal, brackish and fresh water, landlocked in several lakes.  Feeds mostly on small crustaceans, (especially shrimps and amphipods); also worms, small mollusks, squids and fishes (smelt, sticklebacks, striped bass, alewives, shed, herring and sculpins (Ref. 5951))  (Ref. 1371).