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Gadidae

11 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Gadiformes › Gadidae

Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758

Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod) is a widely consumed, commercially important vulnerable fish found in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810

Gadus macrocephalus is a North Pacific bottom-dwelling cod that forms large schools, and is now considered to include Gadus ogac as a synonym.

Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814

Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) is a North Pacific marine cod fish, culturally important as South Korea's national fish.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Melanogrammus aeglefinus, commonly called haddock, is a commercially important North Atlantic cod-family fish widely used for food.

Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774)

Boreogadus saida, the Arctic cod, is a small circumpolar Arctic fish that is an important part of polar marine ecosystems.

Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Merlangius merlangus, commonly called whiting, is a northeast Atlantic fish with known human uses and vulnerable Baltic Sea status.

Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792)

Microgadus tomcod, called frostfish, Atlantic tomcod or winter cod, is a cod found in North American coastal waters from Newfoundland south to Virginia.

Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pollachius virens (saithe/coalfish) is a commercially important North Atlantic fish distinct from its relative P. pollachius.

Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pollachius pollachius is a marine Gadidae fish common in the northeast Northern Atlantic, with fast growth and short lifespan.

Trisopterus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus) is a small temperate eastern Atlantic marine gadid fish with little commercial value.

Trisopterus luscus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Trisopterus luscus, commonly pouting, is a small short-lived European gadid seafish found from Scandinavia to North Africa.

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