Gadiformes

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Gadiformes

Tusk (Brosme brosme) (on Faroese stamp)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes

Families

Euclichthyidae (Eucla cod)
Lotidae
Macrouridae (grenadiers or rattails)
Moridae (morid cods or moras)
Melanonidae (pelagic cods)
Macruronidae (southern hakes)
Bregmacerotidae (codlets)
Muraenolepididae (eel cods)
Phycidae (phycid hakes)
Merlucciidae (merluccid hakes)
Gadidae (true cods)

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.

Common characteristics include the positioning of the pelvic fins (if present), below or anterior to the pectoral fins. The fins are spineless, and the gas bladder does not have a pneumatic duct.

[edit] Reference

D.M. Cohen, T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 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)