Synonym: Anacanthini.
Members: cod and its allies.
Region: worldwide.
Habitat: marine; mostly temperate or colder; some live tropical in deep water; some enter estuaries; burbot is a freshwater fish.
Use: major food fish.
ZoologyRay-finned fish; physoclists, their swim bladders do not have a pneumatic duct.
Size: 7 to 200 cm.
Fins: pelvic fins are below or in front of the pectoral fins.
Genera • Bregmacerotidae: Bregmaceros
• Euclichthyidae: Euclichthys
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Gadidae: Arctogadus, Boreogadus, Brosme, Ciliata, Eleginus, Enchelyopus, Gadiculus, Gadus, Gaidropsarus, Lota, Melanogrammus, Merlangius, Microgadus, Micromesistius, Molva, Phycis, Pollachius, Raniceps, Theragra, Trisopterus, Urophycis
• Macrouridae: Albatrossia, Asthenomacrurus, Coelorinchus, Cetonurichthys, Cetonurus, Coryphaenoides, Cynomacrurus, Echinomacrurus, Haplomacrourus, Hymenocephalus, Kumba, Kuronezumia, Lepidorhynchus, Lucigadus, Macrosmia, Macrourus, Malacocephalus, Mataeocephalus, Mesobius, Mesovagus, Nezumia, Odontomacrurus, Pseudocetonurus, Pseudonezumia, Sphagemacrurus, Spicomacrurus –Trachonurus, Ventrifossa; Macrouroides, Squalogadus; Idiolophorhynchus, Trachyrincus
• Melanonidae: Melanonus
• Merlucciidae: Lyconodes, Lyconus, Macruronus, Merluccius, Steindachneria, †Macrurulus, †Rhinocephalus
• Moridae: Antimora, Auchenoceros, Eeyorius, Eretmophorus, Gadella, Guttigadus, Halargyreus, Laemonema, Lepidion, Lotella, Mora, Notophycis, Physiculus, Pseudophycis, Rhynchogadus, Salilota, Svetovidovia, Tripterophycis
• Muraenolepididae: Muraenolepis, Notomuraenobathys
• Phycidae: Phycis, Raniceps, Urophycis.