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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

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Gadiformes is an order of fish within the class Teleostei and phylum Chordata. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia and is recognized as an accepted taxon. The common name for this group is Dorsche.

Members of this order inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Records from iDigBio indicate collections from institutions including USNM, UCMP, UOMNH, CAS, and IBUNAM, with specimens found in the United States, Philippines, and Mexico.

The taxon has 7,616,199 recorded occurrences in GBIF. Additionally, there are 2,518 related entries in PubMed, and the subject is referenced by 430 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Dorsche

Gadiformes

ORDER

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderGadiformes
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded7,616,199

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
117
With media
4
Collections
USNM, UCMP, UOMNH, CAS, IBUNAM, UF
Recorded in
United States, Philippines, Mexico

Research

2,518 papers

via PubMed

~10 min read

Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Timeline of genera
  • References

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 landlocked Atlantic tomcod on the other hand, complete their entire life cycle in freshwater. Yet only one species, the burbot (Lota lota), is a true freshwater fish.

Common characteristics include the positioning of the pelvic fins (if present), below or in front of the pectoral fins. Gadiformes are physoclists, which means their swim bladders do not have a pneumatic duct. The fins are spineless. Gadiform fish range in size from the codlets, which may be as small as in adult length, to the Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, which reaches up to .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gadiformes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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