Editing Haddock (section)

{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{About|a fish|other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =
| image2 = Haddock, Boston Aquarium.JPG
| image2_caption = Haddock at the [[New England Aquarium]]
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Sobel, J. |year=1996 |title=''Melanogrammus aeglefinus''|page=e.T13045A3406968 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13045A3406968.en |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref>
| genus = Melanogrammus
| parent_authority = [[Theodore Gill|T. N. Gill]], 1862
| species = aeglefinus
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms =
* ''Gadus aeglefinus'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Morhua aeglefinus'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small>
* ''Aeglefinus linnei'' <small>[[August Wilhelm Malm|Malm]], 1877</small>
}}

The '''haddock''' ('''''Melanogrammus aeglefinus''''') is a [[saltwater]] [[ray-finned fish]] from the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gadidae]], the true [[cods]]. It is the only species in the [[Monotypy|monotypic]] [[genus]] ''Melanogrammus''. It is found in the North [[Atlantic Ocean]] and associated seas, where it is an important species for fisheries, especially in northern Europe, where it is marketed fresh, frozen and [[Smoked fish|smoked]]; smoked varieties include the [[Finnan haddie]] and the [[Arbroath smokie]].  Other smoked versions include long boneless, the fileted side of larger haddock smoked in oak chips with the skin left on the fillet.