Cod (: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus Gadus is not commonly called cod (Alaska pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus).
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- Species
- Cod in the genus ''Gadus''/True cod
- Related species
- Other species
- Perciformes
- Rock cod, reef cod, and coral cod
- Scorpaeniformes
- Ophidiiformes
- Marketed as cod
- Characteristics
- Distribution
- Life cycle
- Ecology
- Fisheries
- Aquaculture
- As food
- History
- Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cod (: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus Gadus is not commonly called cod (Alaska pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus).
The two most common species of cod are the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), which lives in the colder waters and deeper sea regions throughout the North Atlantic, and the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), which is found in both eastern and western regions of the northern Pacific. Gadus morhua was named by Linnaeus in 1758. (However, G. morhua callarias, a low-salinity, nonmigratory race restricted to parts of the Baltic, was originally described as Gadus callarias by Linnaeus.)