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Fishing is the way of life of most of coastal community. So, the marine fish fauna gives a greater commercial value to the country's economy, as well as well being of the coastal people. [2] Marine fish are strictly different from freshwater counterparts due to high salinity of sea water, which they live.
Cod (pl.: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae. [1] Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus Gadus is commonly not called cod (Alaska pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus).
It has three separate dorsal fins, and the catfish-like whiskers on its lower jaw.In appearance, it is similar to the Atlantic cod.A bottom dweller, it is found mainly along the continental shelf and upper slopes with a range around the rim of the North Pacific Ocean, from the Yellow Sea to the Bering Strait, along the Aleutian Islands, and south to about Los Angeles, down to depths of 900 m ...
The haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) is a saltwater ray-finned fish from the family Gadidae, the true cods.It is the only species in the monotypic genus Melanogrammus.It is found in the North Atlantic Ocean and associated seas, where it is an important species for fisheries, especially in northern Europe, where it is marketed fresh, frozen and smoked; smoked varieties include the Finnan ...
Cod fisheries are fisheries for cod.Cod is the common name for fish of the genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and this article is confined to three species that belong to this genus: the Atlantic cod, the Pacific cod and the Greenland cod.
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
True cod Image Common name Scientific name Maximum length Common length Maximum weight Maximum age Trophic level Fish Base FAO ITIS IUCN status; Atlantic cod: Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758: 200 cm 100 cm 96.0 kg 25 years 4.4 [4] [5] [6] Vulnerable [7] Pacific cod: Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810: 119 cm cm 22.7 kg 18 years 4.0 [8] [9] [10] Not ...
The Gadidae are a family of marine fish, included in the order Gadiformes, known as the cods, codfishes, or true cods. [2] It contains several commercially important fishes, including the cod, haddock, whiting, and pollock.