Gadidae

Gadidae is a family of marine fish, included in the order Gadiformes. It includes the cod, haddock, whiting, and pollock.

Most species of gadid are found in temperate waters of the northern hemisphere, although there are some exceptions. They are generally medium sized fish, and are distinguished by the presence of three dorsal fins on the back and two anal fins on the underside. Most species have barbels on their chin, which they use while browsing on the sea floor. Gadids are carnivorous, feeding on smaller fish and crustaceans.

Gadids are highly prolific, producing several million eggs at each spawning. This contributes to their high population numbers, which, in turn, makes commercial fishing relatively easy.

Genera and species

The family gadidae includes 24 species, grouped into 13 genera. 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, having formerly contained just one species, the tadpole fish (Raniceps raninus).

Family Gadidae Genus Arctogadus Dryagin, 1932.
East Siberian cod (Arctogadus borisovi) Dryagin, 1932
Arctic cod (Arctogadus glacialis) (Peters, 1872)
Genus Boreogadus Günther, 1862.
Polar cod (Boreogadus saida) (Lepechin, 1774)
Genus Eleginus Fischer, 1813.
Saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis) (Tilesius, 1810)
Navaga (Eleginus nawaga) (Koelreuter, 1770)
Genus Gadiculus Guichenot, 1850.
Silvery cod (Gadiculus argenteus argentus) Guichenot, 1850
Gadiculus argenteus thori Schmidt, 1914
Genus Gadus Linné, 1758.
Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Tilesius, 1810
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Linnaeus, 1758
Greenland cod (Gadus ogac) Richardson, 1836
Genus Melanogrammus Gill, 1862.
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Merlangius Garsault, 1764.
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Microgadus Gill, 1865.
Pacific tomcod (Microgadus proximus) (Girard, 1854)
Atlantic tomcod (Microgadus tomcod) (Walbaum, 1792)
Genus Micromesistius Gill, 1863.
Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis) Norman, 1937
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) (Risso, 1827)
Genus Pollachius Nilsson, 1832.
Atlantic pollock (Pollachius pollachius) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Saithe (Pollachius virens) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Raniceps Oken, 1817.
Tadpole fish (Raniceps raninus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Theragra Lucas in Jordan & Evermann, 1898.
Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) (Pallas, 1814)
Norwegian pollock (Theragra finnmarchica) Koefoed, 1956
Genus Trisopterus Rafinesque, 1814.
Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii) (Nilsson, 1855)
Pouting (Trisopterus luscus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus) (Linnaeus, 1758)

Translation

The word "Gadidae" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Catalan: Gàdid, German: Dorsche, Esperanto: Gadedoj, Ido: Gado, Icelandic: Þorskaætt, Lithuanian: Menkinės, Hungarian: Tőkehalfélék, Dutch: Schelvissen, Japanese: タラ, Norwegian (Bokmål): Torskefamilien, Norwegian (Nynorsk): Torskefamilien, Polish: Dorszowate, Russian: Тресковые, Slovenian: Trske, Finnish: Turskat, Swedish: Torskfiskar, Vietnamese: Họ Cá tuyết, Chinese: 鱈科.