Gadidae

The cod family of fishes, a large group comprising about 15 genera and 100 species of marine fish found primarily in continental shelf waters of the cool temperate N hemisphere; only the burbot is freshwater; many are extremely important commercially as food fish, including cod, burbot, haddock, ling, pollack, saithe, torsk, and whiting.

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iGadidae

Atlantic cod Gadus morhua

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Gadidae

Genera

Arctogadus
Boreogadus
Eleginus
Gadiculus
Gadus (cod)
Melanogrammus
Merlangius
Microgadus
Micromesistius
Pollachius
Raniceps
Therargra
Trisopterus
Urophycis
See text for species

Gadidae is a family of marine fish, included in the order Gadiformes.

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