Overview
Gadiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Anacanthini, that includes the cod and its allies. Many major food fish are in this order. They are found in marine waters throughout the world, and there are also a small number of freshwater species.
Common characteristics include the positioning of the pelvic fins (if present), below or in front of the pectoral fins. Gadiformes are , which means that the gas bladder does not have a pneumatic duct. The fins are spineless. Gadiform fish range in size from the codlets, which may be as little as 7 centimetres (2.8 in) in adult length, to the Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, which reaches up to 2 metres (6.6 ft).1]
Timeline of genera
Timeline of genera
References
- ^ Cohen, Daniel M. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 130?132. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- D.M. Cohen, T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Sci alabba, FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis 10 (125) (1990)
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
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Taxonomy
The Order Gadiformes is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Suborder (3): Gadoidei · Macrouroidei · Muraenolepidoidei
- Family (12): Bregmacerotidae · Euclichthyidae · Gadidae · Lotidae · Macrouridae · Mcconichthyidae · Melanonidae · Merluccidae · Merlucciidae · Moridae · Muraenolepididae · Phycidae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,406 species and subspecies in the Order Gadiformes.
Families
Bregmacerotidae
Codlets are a family, Bregmacerotidae, of cod-like fishes, containing the single genus Bregmaceros. [more]
Euclichthyidae
The Eucla cod, Euclichthys polynemus, is a deepwater marine fish belonging to the cod order (Gadiformes). It is the only species currently classified in the family Euclichthyidae. It is named after the town of Eucla, Western Australia, in whose coastal waters it is found. [more]
Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of marine fish, included in the order Gadiformes. It includes the cod, haddock, whiting, and pollock. [more]
Lotidae
Lotidae is a family of cod-like fishes commonly known as lings or rocklings. [more]
Macrouridae
Grenadiers or rattails (less commonly whiptails) are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this family are among the most abundant of the deep-sea fishes. [more]
Mcconichthyidae
Melanonidae
Melanonidae is a family containing just two species of cod-like marine fishes. [more]
Merluccidae
Merlucciidae
Merlucciidae is a family of cod-like fish, including most hakes. They are native to cold water in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and typically found at depths greater than 50 metres (160 ft) in subtropical, temperate, sub-Arctic or sub-Antarctic regions. [more]
Moridae
Moridae is a family of cod-like fishes, known as codlings, hakelings, and moras. [more]
Muraenolepididae
Muraenolepididae is a family of cod-like fish, known as Eel cods. [more]
Phycidae
Phycidae is a family of hakes in the order Gadiformes. They are native to the Atlantic Ocean, but the juveniles of some species enter estuaries. Joseph Nelson classifies this family as the subfamily Phycinae of the cod family, Gadidae. [more]
At least 60 species and subspecies belong to the Family Phycidae.
More info about the Family Phycidae may be found here.
References
- ^ Cohen, Daniel M. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 130?132. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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