Gadiculus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| taxon = Gadiculus

| authority = Guichenot, 1850

| type_species = Gadiculus argenteus

| type_species_authority = Guichenot, 1850

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Gadiculus, or the silvery pouts, are genus of cod, fishes in the family Gadidae. They are distributed in the coastal waters of the Northeast Atlantic and the adjacent Mediterranean Sea. They do not grow larger than {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} and are of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.PAM Gaemers, JY Poulsen (2017) [http://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/2/3/15 Recognition and Distribution of Two North Atlantic Gadiculus Species, G. argenteus and G. thori (Gadidae), Based on Otolith Morphology, Larval Pigmentation, Molecular Evidence, Morphometrics and Meristics] Fishes, 2(3), 15; doi:10.3390/fishes2030015[https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Gadiculus-argenteus.html Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850] In FishBase, accessed June 2018[https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Gadiculus-thori.html Gadiculus thori Schmidt, 1913] In FishBase, accessed June 2018