Genus of fishes
Gadus is a genus ofdemersal fish in the familyGadidae , commonly known ascod , although there are additional cod species in othergenera . The best known member of the genus is theAtlantic cod .
Today, three species in the genus are recognized:
Modern taxonomy includedAlaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus ), which is genetically not separate fromNorway pollock .[ 15] [ 16] Greenland cod (G. ogac ) that was considered an own species, is considered the same species asPacific cod (G. macrocephalus ).[ 16] [ 2] [ 3]
^ WoRMS (2011). Nicolas Bailly (ed.)."Gadus " .FishBase .World Register of Marine Species . RetrievedJuly 5, 2011 . ^a b Carr, S. M.; Kivlichan, D. S.; Pepin, P.; Crutcher, D. C. (1999). "Molecular systematics of gadid fishes: Implications for the biogeographic origins of Pacific species".Canadian Journal of Zoology .77 (1):19– 26.Bibcode :1999CaJZ...77...19C .doi :10.1139/z98-194 . ^a b Catalogue of Life:Gadus macrocephalus . ^ Froese, Rainer ;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Gadus morhua " .FishBase . April 2012 version.^ Gadus morhua (Linnaeus, 1758) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.^ "Gadus morhua" .Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved4 January 2017 .^ Sobel J (1996)."Gadus morhua " .IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .1996 e.T8784A12931575.doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8784A12931575.en . ^ Froese, Rainer ;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Gadus macrocephalus " .FishBase . April 2012 version.^ Gadus macrocephalus (Tilesius, 1810) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.^ "Gadus macrocephalus" .Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved4 January 2017 .^ Froese, Rainer ;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Theragra chalcogramma " .FishBase . April 2012 version.^ Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1811) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.^ "Theragra finnmarchica" .Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved4 January 2017 .^ Gadus chalcogrammus [Catalogue of Life], Updated 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.^ Eschmeyer W.F. (2012)chalcogrammus, Gadus Archived 2013-12-20 at theWayback Machine Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. ^a b Coulson MW, Marshall HD, Pepin P, Carr SM (2006)."Mitochondrial genomics of gadine fishes: implications for taxonomy and biogeographic origins from whole-genome data sets" (PDF) .Genome .49 (9):1115– 1130.doi :10.1139/g06-083 .PMID 17110992 . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 2013-12-20. Retrieved2012-04-27 . Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Gadus .