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:

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+ True cod
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| Atlantic cod

| Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758

| align="right" | 200 cm

| align="right" | 100 cm

| align="right" | 96.0 kg

| align="right" | 25 years

| align="center" | 4.4

| align="center" | {{FishBase | genus = Gadus | species = morhua | month = April | year = 2012}}

| align="center" | [http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2218/en Gadus morhua (Linnaeus, 1758) ] FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.

| align="center" | {{ITIS |id=164712 |taxon=Gadus morhua|accessdate=4 January 2017}}

| VU IUCN 3 1.svg Vulnerable{{Cite iucn | vauthors = Sobel J | title = Gadus morhua | volume = 1996 | page = e.T8784A12931575 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8784A12931575.en }}

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| Pacific cod

| Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810

| align="right" | 119 cm

| align="right" | cm

| align="right" | 22.7 kg

| align="right" | 18 years

| align="center" | 4.0

| align="center" | {{FishBase | genus = Gadus | species = macrocephalus | month = April | year = 2012}}

| align="center" | [http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2219/en Gadus macrocephalus (Tilesius, 1810) ] FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.

| align="center" | {{ITIS |id=164711 |taxon=Gadus macrocephalus|accessdate=4 January 2017}}

| align="center" | Not assessed

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| Alaska pollock

| Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1811

| align="right" | 91.0 cm

| align="right" | cm

| align="right" | 3.85 kg

| align="right" | 15 years

| align="center" | 3.5

| align="center" | {{FishBase | genus = Theragra | species = chalcogramma | month = April | year = 2012}}

| align="center" | [http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3017/en Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1811)] FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.

| align="center" | {{ITIS |id=164717 |taxon=Theragra finnmarchica|accessdate=4 January 2017}}

| align="center" | Not assessed [https://web.archive.org/web/20210722181023/https://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/col/details/species/id/10063488/synonym/10089833 Gadus chalcogrammus] [Catalogue of Life], Updated 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

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].

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