Gadidae

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Gadidae
Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gadiformes Family: Gadidae
Genera
See text for genera and species.

Gadidae is a family of marine fish, included in the order Gadiformes. It includes the cod, haddock, whiting, and pollock. Some other forms once included here have since been removed to other families; on the other hand, the tadpole cod family Ranicipitidae has now been absorbed into Gadidae (it only contains one species, the tadpole fish, Raniceps raninus).

[edit] Genera and species

• Arctogadus Dryagin, 1932.
  • East Siberian cod (Arctogadus borisovi) Dryagin, 1932
  • Arctic cod (Arctogadus glacialis) (Peters, 1872)

• Boreogadus Günther, 1862.
  • Polar cod (Boreogadus saida) (Lepechin, 1774)

• Eleginus Fischer, 1813.
  • Saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis) (Tilesius, 1810)
  • Navaga (Eleginus nawaga) (Koelreuter, 1770)

• Gadiculus Guichenot, 1850.
  • Silvery cod (Gadiculus argenteus argentus) Guichenot, 1850
  • Gadiculus argenteus thori Schmidt, 1914

• Gadus Linné, 1758.
  • Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Tilesius, 1810
  • Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Greenland cod (Gadus ogac) Richardson, 1836

• Melanogrammus Gill, 1862.
  • Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Merlangius Garsault, 1764.
  • Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Microgadus Gill, 1865.
  • Pacific tomcod (Microgadus proximus) (Girard, 1854)
  • Atlantic tomcod (Microgadus tomcod) (Walbaum, 1792)

• Micromesistius Gill, 1863.
  • Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis) Norman, 1937
  • Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) (Risso, 1827)

• Pollachius Nilsson, 1832.
  • Atlantic pollock (Pollachius pollachius) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Saithe (Pollachius virens) (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Raniceps Oken, 1817.
  • Tadpole fish (Raniceps raninus) (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Theragra Lucas in Jordan & Evermann, 1898.
  • Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) (Pallas, 1814)
  • Norwegian pollock (Theragra finnmarchica) Koefoed, 1956

• Trisopterus Rafinesque, 1814.
  • Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii) (Nilsson, 1855)
  • Pouting (Trisopterus luscus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus) (Linnaeus, 1758)

[edit] References

• "Gadidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. December 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
• FishBase: Gadidae species photo gallery