Arctogadus Boreogadus Eleginus Gadiculus Gadus Melanogrammus Merlangius Microgadus Micromesistius Pollachius Raniceps Trisopterus 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.

Most gadid species are found in temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere, but several range into subtropical, subarctic, and Arctic oceans, and a single (southern blue whiting) is found in the Southern Hemisphere.

This contributes to their high population numbers, which, in turn, makes commercial fishing relatively easy.

[1] 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.