The Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Gadidae.

It is a bottom-dwelling fish found in the northern Pacific Ocean, mainly on the continental shelf and upper slopes, to depths of about 900 m (3,000 ft).

It can grow to a length of a meter or so and is found in large schools.They feed on clams, worms, crabs, shrimp, and juvenile fish.

A bottom dweller, it is found mainly along the continental shelf and upper slopes with a range around the rim of the North Pacific Ocean, from the Yellow Sea to the Bering Strait, along the Aleutian Islands, and south to about Los Angeles, down to depths of 900 m (3,000 ft; 500 fathoms).

Today, catches are tightly regulated and the Pacific cod quota is split among fisheries that use hook and line gear, pots, and bottom trawls.