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Lotidae is a family of cod-like fishes commonly known as lings or rocklings.

They are found in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. All species are marine, except for the burbot, Lota lota, found in rivers and lakes in northern Europe and America.

They are important commercial and game fishes.

There are 23 species in six genera:

• Genus Brosme
  • Cusk, Brosme brosme (Ascanius, 1772)
• Genus Ciliata
  • Fivebeard rockling, Ciliata mustela (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Northern rockling, Ciliata septentrionalis (Collett, 1875)
  • Ciliata tchangi Li, 1994
• Genus Enchelyopus
  • Fourbeard rockling, Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Genus Gaidropsarus
  

  Cusk, Brosme brosme
  • Arctic rockling, Gaidropsarus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1837)
  • Mediterranean bigeye rockling, Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890)
  • Cape rockling, Gaidropsarus capensis (Kaup, 1858)
  • Threadfin rockling, Gaidropsarus ensis (Reinhardt, 1837)
  • Azores rockling, Gaidropsarus granti (Regan, 1903)
  • Gaidropsarus guttatus (Collett, 1890)
    

    Fourbeard rockling, Enchelyopus cimbrius
  • Comb rockling, Gaidropsarus insularum Sivertsen, 1945
  • Bigeye rockling, Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (G?nther, 1867)
  • Shore rockling, Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • New Zealand ling, Gaidropsarus novaezealandiae (Hector, 1874)
  • Gaidropsarus pacificus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
    

    Burbot, Lota lota
  • Gaidropsarus pakhorukovi Shcherbachev, 1995
  • Gaidropsarus parini Svetovidov, 1986
  • Three-bearded rockling, Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Fleming, 1828)
• Genus Lota
  • Burbot, Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Genus Molva
  • Blue ling, Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784)
  • Spanish ling, Molva macrophthalma (G?nther, 1867)
  • Common ling, Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758)

They are found in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. All species are marine, except for the burbot, Lota lota, found in rivers and lakes in northern Europe and America.

They are important commercial and game fishes.

There are 23 species in six genera:

• Genus Brosme
  • Cusk, Brosme brosme (Ascanius, 1772)
• Genus Ciliata
  • Fivebeard rockling, Ciliata mustela (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Northern rockling, Ciliata septentrionalis (Collett, 1875)
  • Ciliata tchangi Li, 1994
• Genus Enchelyopus
  • Fourbeard rockling, Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Genus Gaidropsarus
  

  Cusk, Brosme brosme
  • Arctic rockling, Gaidropsarus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1837)
  • Mediterranean bigeye rockling, Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890)
  • Cape rockling, Gaidropsarus capensis (Kaup, 1858)
  • Threadfin rockling, Gaidropsarus ensis (Reinhardt, 1837)
  • Azores rockling, Gaidropsarus granti (Regan, 1903)
  • Gaidropsarus guttatus (Collett, 1890)
    

    Fourbeard rockling, Enchelyopus cimbrius
  • Comb rockling, Gaidropsarus insularum Sivertsen, 1945
  • Bigeye rockling, Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (G?nther, 1867)
  • Shore rockling, Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • New Zealand ling, Gaidropsarus novaezealandiae (Hector, 1874)
  • Gaidropsarus pacificus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
    

    Burbot, Lota lota
  • Gaidropsarus pakhorukovi Shcherbachev, 1995
  • Gaidropsarus parini Svetovidov, 1986
  • Three-bearded rockling, Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Fleming, 1828)
• Genus Lota
  • Burbot, Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Genus Molva
  • Blue ling, Molva dypterygia (Pennant, 1784)
  • Spanish ling, Molva macrophthalma (G?nther, 1867)
  • Common ling, Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Lotidae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.