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Gadiformes
Gadiformes , also called the Anacanthini, are an order of ray-finned fish that include the cod, hakes, pollock, haddock, burbot, rocklings and moras, many of which are food fish of major commercial value. They are mostly marine fish found throughout the world and the vast majority are found in temperate or colder regions (tropical species are typically deep-water) while a few species may enter brackish estuaries. Pacific tomcods, one of the two species that makes up the genus Microgadus, are able to enter freshwater, but there is no evidence that they breed there. Some populations of landlocke
Macrouridae
Macrouroidei is a suborder of deep sea fish, a diverse and ecologically important group, which are part of the order of cod-like fish, the Gadiformes. The species in the Macrouroidei are characterised by their large heads which normally have a single barbel on the chin, projecting snouts, and slender bodies that taper to whip-like tails, without an obvious caudal fin but what there is of the caudal fin is often confluent with the posterior dorsal and anal fins. There are normally two dorsal fins, the anterior dorsal fin is quite high, the posterior quite low but is longer and takes up a greate
Muraenolepididae
The Muraenolepididae is a family of cod-like fish, known as eel cods, found in southern oceans.
Trachyrincus
Trachyrincus is a genus of rattail fish in the family Trachyrincidae.
Muraenolepis
Muraenolepis is a genus of eel cods.
Bathygadus
Bathygadus is a genus of rattails of the family Bathygadidae.
Gadomus
thumb|A doublethread grenadier (Gadomus arcuatus) in deep water off Puerto Rico in April 2015. Gadomus is a genus of rattails in the family Bathygadidae.
Macrouroides inflaticeps
species of fish
Notomuraenobathys microcephalus
species of fish
Macruronidae
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