Cod and haddock genera are the genera of the family Gadidae in the order Gadiformes, which Animal Diversity Web labels cods and haddocks and lists with 13 genera. In the GBIF backbone, Gadus leads with about 65 descendant taxa, followed by Merlangius with about 12, Raniceps with about 10, Trisopterus with about 9, Gadiculus with about 8, Micromesistius with about 5, and Pollachius, Microgadus, Eleginus and Eclipes with about 4 each.
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Animal Diversity Web: Gadidae
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Family Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Gadidae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Gadidae
"canonicalName":"Gadus","vernacularName":"cod","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ","numDescendants":65
Children of Gadidae: Merlangius
"canonicalName":"Merlangius","authorship":"Garsault, 1764","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Garsault, F. A. D.; Geoffroy, E.-F. (1764). Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en medecine, décrits dans la Matiere Medicale de Geoffroy Medecin. Tome V: Animaux. 6(5): 375-472.","numDescendants":12
Children of Gadidae: Raniceps
"canonicalName":"Raniceps","authorship":"Oken, 1817","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Oken, L. 1817.","numDescendants":10
Children of Gadidae: Trisopterus
"canonicalName":"Trisopterus","authorship":"Rafinesque, 1814","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Rafinesque, Constantine S. 1814. Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d’introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. , Palerme.: 1-55.","numDescendants":9
Children of Gadidae: Gadiculus
"canonicalName":"Gadiculus","vernacularName":"Silvery Pouts","authorship":"Guichenot, 1850","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Guichenot, A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons.In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Zoologie, Paris. Pp. i-iv + 1-144 + Atlas; [Poissons are on pp. 31-138 and Poissons Pls. 1-8.].","numDescendants":8
Children of Gadidae: Micromesistius
"canonicalName":"Micromesistius","authorship":"Gill, 1863","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gill, T.N. (1863). Synopsis of the North American gadoid fishes. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 15: 229-242.","numDescendants":5
Children of Gadidae: Pollachius
"canonicalName":"Pollachius","vernacularName":"Pollocks","authorship":"Nilsson, 1832","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Nilsson, S. 1832. Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. , Lundae.: i-iv, 1-124.","numDescendants":4
Children of Gadidae: Microgadus
"canonicalName":"Microgadus","vernacularName":"Tomcods","authorship":"Gill, 1865","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gill, T. N. 1865. On the cranial characters of Gadus proximus Grd. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17: 69.","numDescendants":4
Children of Gadidae: Eleginus
"canonicalName":"Eleginus","vernacularName":"saffron cod","authorship":"Fischer, 1813","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Fischer von Waldheim, Gotthelf. 1813. Recherches Zoologiques. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 4: 237-275.","numDescendants":4
Children of Gadidae: Eclipes
"canonicalName":"Eclipes","authorship":"Jordan & Gilbert, 1919","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Publ. Stanford Univ., Univ. Ser., (Foss. Fish. S. Calif.)","numDescendants":4
View the Source Wikipedia: Gadus
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Gadus is a genus of demersal fish in the family Gadidae, commonly known as cod, although there are additional cod species in other genera.
Wikipedia: Haddock
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The haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) is a saltwater ray-finned fish from the family Gadidae, the true cods.
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