Gadidae

English: Cods; Codfishes; True cods.
Clades: Gadiformes.
Genera: 12 genera.
Region: temperate Northern Hemisphere, several into subtropical, subarctic, and Arctic oceans, one is found in the Southern Hemisphere.
Use: commercial, including the cod, haddock, whiting, and pollock.ZoologyFish; marine; medium-sized.
Body: distinguished by three dorsal fins on the back and two anal fins on the underside; most species have barbels on their chins, which they use while browsing on the sea floor.
Food: carnivorous, smaller fish and crustaceans.
Reproduction: highly prolific, producing several million eggs at each spawning.Taxonomy
Alternatively, fishes in the current Lotidae (with burbot, cusk) and Phycidae (hakes) have also been included in the Gadidae, as its subfamilies Lotinae and Phycinae.