- Latin name: Gadus morhua.
- Taste/ texture: White, fatless and healthy flesh, which literally "melts on the tongue".
- Origin: FAO 27, Barents Sea.
- Size/ weight: Average: 60 cm - 80 cm/ 2 kg - 4 kg.
Maximum: 1.5 m/ 30 kg - 40 kg.
- Speciality: Chararcteristic for cod is a barbel on the chin.