cod
Cod (: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus ''Gadus'', belonging to the family (biology), family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gad ...
, although there are additional cod species in other
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
. The best known member of the genus is the
Atlantic cod
The Atlantic cod (: cod; ''Gadus morhua'') is a fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans. It is also commercially known as '' cod'' or ''codling''.Alaska pollock (''Gadus chalcogrammus''), which is genetically not separate from Norway pollock.Eschmeyer W.F. (201 ''chalcogrammus, Gadus'' Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.Greenland cod (''G. ogac'') that was considered an own species, is considered the same species as Pacific cod (''G. macrocephalus'').Catalogue of Life: Gadus macrocephalus '.