Cod is the most common title for the genus Gadus of fish, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is as well utilized in the most common title of a kind of more fishes. Cod occurs as popular food fish by having the modest flavor, moo fill out content, & the heavy whiten flesh that flakes easy. Cod livers come made to produce cod liver oil, an important source of Vitamin A, Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA).

Species in genus Gadus
At various days it used to be that, the super considerable total of species have been classified in this genus. But a peachy majority of the children come okay, either classifed inside more genera, or even own been recognised when only forms of one of deuce-ace mintage. Modern taxonomy, so, recognises sole triplet metal money in that genus:

Atlantic cod Gadus morhua Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus Greenland cod Gadus ogac

Entirely these metal money have a richness of common names, most of a babies including the word "cod". Numbers of most common list keep close at hand been utilized of further than a single metal money, within different pages or even at different days.

Related species called cod
Cod forms section of the common name of many more fish there is no yearn classified in the genus Gadus. Numbers of one come members of the personal Gadidae, & many were at one time classified inside genus Gadus; others come members of trio related families whose list include a word "cod", a Morid cods, Moridae (100 or even therefore mintage), a Eel cods, Muraenolepididae (4 coinage), a Eucla cod (Euclichthyidae) (1 metal money). A Polliwog c.o.d. personal (Ranicipitidae) has now been absorbed inside Gadidae.

Mintage in a order Gadiformes that are unremarkably known as cod include: Arctic Cod Arctogadus glacialis East Siberian Cod Arctogadus borisovi Saffron Cod Eleginus gracilis Polar Cod Boreogadus saida Rock Cod Lotella rhacina Poor Cod Trisopterus minutus Pelagic Cod Melanonus gracilis Small-headed Cod Lepidion microcephalus Tadpole Cod Guttigadus globosus Eucla Cod Euclichthys polynemus MC COD Adam Longo, Tasmanian gamer

Another related fish stand most common list from either "cod", like codling, codlet or tomcod (note that "codling" is also utilized as the title for a immature cod).

Unrelated species called cod
Even so there come likewise fish normally called cod that are quite unrelated to the genus Gadus. A portion of this confusion of list is market-caused. Since a decline around cod equities has processed a Atlantic cod harder to catch, many replacements come marketed under list of the form "x cod", & culinary like than phylogenetic similarity has governed a emergence one list. The super heavy total of fish stand so been known when as a bit of kinda cod at a bit of period. A as a consequence, even so, seem to develop swell established most common list including a word "cod"; note that 100% come Southern Hemisphere mintage.

Order Perciformes:
Eastern Freshwater Cod Maccullochella ikei Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis Sleepy Cod Oxyeleotris lineolatus Blue Cod Parapercis colias The cod icefish personal, Nototheniidae, including: Black Cod Paranotothenia microlepidota Maori Cod Paranotothenia magellanica Antarctic Cod Dissostichus mawsoni Rock cod, Reef cod, and Coral cod
About all the fish called coral cod, reef cod or even rock cod come likewise sequentially Perciformes. Virtually all come better referred to as groupers, and belong to the personal Serranidae. Others belong to the Nototheniidiae. Both exceptions come a Australasian Red Rock Cod, which belongs to a different a correct sequence (look at following), & a fish known only when the Rock cod around Future Zealand, Lotella rhacina, which when noted above actually is related truth cod (these are the Morid cod).

Order Scorpaeniformes
Ling Cod Ophiodon elongatus Red Rock Cod Scorpaena papillosa

Order Ophidiiformes:
A Polliwog cash on delivery personal, Ranicipitidae, and a Eucla Cod family, Euclichthyidae, were formerly classified therein sequentially, however come nowadays sorted by having a Gadiformes.

Species marketed as cod
A select few fish that don't develop 'cod' in their list come occasionally sold when cod. Haddock & whiting belong in a equivalent personal, the Gadidae, when cod. Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Whiting Merlangius merlangus