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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Gadus'' | image = Atlantic cod.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Gadus morhua]]'', Atlantic cod | taxon = Gadus | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] <ref>{{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}}</ref> | type_species = ''Gadus morhua'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''[[Gadus macrocephalus]]'' *''[[Gadus morhua]]'' *''[[Gadus chalcogrammus]]'' *''([[Gadus ogac]]'' <small>β invalid, synonym to ''G. macrocephalus''<ref name="carr-1999">{{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 = 19β26 | year = 1999 | issue = 1 | bibcode = 1999CaJZ...77...19C }}</ref><ref name="Gadus macrocephalus">Catalogue of Life: ''[https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6JV2L Gadus macrocephalus]''.</ref></small>) | synonyms = *''Cephus'' <small>[[William Swainson|Swainson]], 1838</small> *''Cerdo'' <small>[[Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel|Gistel]], 1848</small> *''Leptogadus'' <small>[[Theodore Gill|Gill]], 1863</small> *''Morhua'' <small>[[John Fleming (naturalist)|Fleming]], 1828</small> *''Morua'' <small>[[Antoine Risso|Risso]], 1827</small> }} '''''Gadus''''' is a genus of [[demersal fish]] in the family [[Gadidae]], commonly known as [[cod]], although there are additional cod species in other [[genus|genera]]. The best known member of the genus is the [[Atlantic cod]]. ==Species== Today, three species in the genus are recognized: {| class="wikitable collapsible" |- |+ True cod |- ! Image ! Common name ! Scientific name ! Maximum<br/>length ! Common<br/>length ! Maximum<br/>weight ! Maximum<br/>age ! [[Trophic level|Trophic<br/>level]] ! [[FishBase|Fish<br/>Base]] ! [[FAO]] ! [[ITIS]] ! [[IUCN|IUCN status]] |- |[[File:Gadus morhua Cod-2b-Atlanterhavsparken-Norway.JPG|150px]] | [[Atlantic cod]] | ''Gadus morhua'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small> | align="right" | 200 cm | align="right" | 100 cm | align="right" | 96.0 kg | align="right" | 25 years | align="center" | 4.4 | align="center" | <ref>{{FishBase | genus = Gadus | species = morhua | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2218/en ''Gadus morhua'' (Linnaeus, 1758) ] FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref> | align="center" | <ref>{{ITIS |id=164712 |taxon=Gadus morhua|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref> | [[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg|VU IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Vulnerable</small><ref>{{Cite iucn | vauthors = Sobel J | title = ''Gadus morhua'' | volume = 1996 | page = e.T8784A12931575 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8784A12931575.en }}</ref> |- |[[File:Pacific cod caught on jigging gear.jpg|150px]] | [[Pacific cod]] | ''Gadus macrocephalus'' <small>[[Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau|Tilesius]], 1810</small> | align="right" | 119 cm | align="right" | cm | align="right" | 22.7 kg | align="right" | 18 years | align="center" | 4.0 | align="center" | <ref>{{FishBase | genus = Gadus | species = macrocephalus | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2219/en ''Gadus macrocephalus'' (Tilesius, 1810) ] FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref> | align="center" | <ref>{{ITIS |id=164711 |taxon=Gadus macrocephalus|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref> | align="center" | <small>Not assessed</small> |- |[[File:Alaska Pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) - GRB.jpg|150px]] | [[Alaska pollock]] | ''Gadus chalcogrammus'' <small>Pallas, 1811</small> | align="right" | 91.0 cm | align="right" | cm | align="right" | 3.85 kg | align="right" | 15 years | align="center" | 3.5 | align="center" | <ref>{{FishBase | genus = Theragra | species = chalcogramma | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3017/en ''Theragra chalcogramma'' (Pallas, 1811)] FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref> | align="center" | <ref>{{ITIS |id=164717 |taxon=Theragra finnmarchica|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref> | align="center" | <small>Not assessed <ref>[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.</ref></small> |} Modern taxonomy included [[Alaska pollock]] (''Gadus chalcogrammus''), which is genetically not separate from [[Theragra finnmarchica|Norway pollock]].<ref>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.</ref><ref name=Coulson>{{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=1115β1130 |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 }}</ref> [[Greenland cod]] (''G. ogac'') that was considered an own species, is considered the same species as [[Pacific cod]] (''G. macrocephalus'').<ref name=Coulson/><ref name="carr-1999"/><ref name="Gadus macrocephalus">Catalogue of Life: ''[https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6JV2L Gadus macrocephalus]''.</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==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 β 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)] {{Cod topics|state=expanded}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q248924}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Gadus| ]] [[Category:Commercial fish]] [[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]] [[Category:Marine fish genera]]
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