Gadus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Gadus
| image = Atlantic cod.jpg
| image_caption = Gadus morhua, Atlantic cod
| taxon = Gadus
| authority = Linnaeus, 1758 {{cite web |author=WoRMS |year=2011 |title=Gadus |editor=Nicolas Bailly |work=FishBase |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125732 |access-date=July 5, 2011}}
| type_species = Gadus morhua
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- Gadus macrocephalus
- Gadus morhua
- Gadus chalcogrammus
- (Gadus ogac – invalid, synonym to G. macrocephalus{{Cite journal | last1 = Carr | first1 = S. M. | last2 = Kivlichan | first2 = D. S. | last3 = Pepin | first3 = P. | last4 = Crutcher | first4 = D. C. | title = Molecular systematics of gadid fishes: Implications for the biogeographic origins of Pacific species | doi = 10.1139/z98-194 | journal = Canadian Journal of Zoology | volume = 77 | pages = 19–26 | year = 1999 | issue = 1 | bibcode = 1999CaJZ...77...19C }}Catalogue of Life: [https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6JV2L Gadus macrocephalus].)
| synonyms = *Cephus Swainson, 1838
}}
Gadus is a genus of demersal fish in the family Gadidae, commonly known as cod, although there are additional cod species in other genera. The best known member of the genus is the Atlantic cod.
Species
Today, three species in the genus are recognized:
Modern taxonomy included Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus), which is genetically not separate from Norway pollock.Eschmeyer W.F. (2012)[http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=species&spid=12393 chalcogrammus, Gadus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220184433/http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fresearcharchive.calacademy.org%2Fresearch%2Fichthyology%2Fcatalog%2Ffishcatget.asp&tbl=species&spid=12393 |date=2013-12-20 }} Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.{{cite journal |vauthors=Coulson MW, Marshall HD, Pepin P, Carr SM |year=2006 |url=https://www.mun.ca/biology/dmarshall/Coulson_et_al_2006.pdf |title=Mitochondrial genomics of gadine fishes: implications for taxonomy and biogeographic origins from whole-genome data sets |journal=Genome |volume=49 |issue=9 |pages=1115–1130 |doi=10.1139/g06-083 |pmid=17110992 |access-date=2012-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220132047/https://www.mun.ca/biology/dmarshall/Coulson_et_al_2006.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-20 |url-status=dead }} Greenland cod (G. ogac) that was considered an own species, is considered the same species as Pacific cod (G. macrocephalus).Catalogue of Life: [https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6JV2L Gadus macrocephalus].
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Gadus}}
{{Wikispecies|Gadus}}
- [http://www.ucd.ie/codtrace/codfish.htm Codtrace] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201152058/http://www.ucd.ie/codtrace/codfish.htm |date=2016-02-01 }}
- [http://www.fishbase.org/NomenClature/ScientificNameSearchList.cfm?Genus=Gadus fishbase.org - Scientific Names for Gadus]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501074530/http://www.fisheriesheritage.ca/ Fisheries Heritage website, Newfoundland and Labrador]
- [http://www.nfh.uit.no/phaeocystis/uvac/TIM.htm Long term trends in Norwegian cod fisheries – the pioneers]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311082838/http://www.seafish.org/upload/file/fisheries_management/Cod%20Factsheet2%20APRIL%202007%20v.1.1.pdf Species factsheet on cod from the UK Sea Fish Industry Authority (PDF, 2MB)]
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