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Gadus

Genusaccepted · checked 2026-08-05WoRMS 125732ITIS 164710key worms:125732
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2026-08-05: itis_id 164710 via WoRMS external link

Gadus is a genus of demersal fish in the family Gadidae, commonly known as cod, although there are additional cod species in other genera. The best known member of the genus is the Atlantic cod.W CalCOFI holds 4 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1978 and 2016, across 2 taxa under it.R

4
observations
4
records
1978–2016
years
1
datasets
2
species under it
Photograph of Gadus
Photo · Matthew Blissett · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Observed in nothing keyed to it directly

Every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa under it — 2 taxa · Gadus macrocephalus most observed, in the fold below.

Ways inExplorerdb-queryRPythonThis page as JSON

Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON
R
library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:125732")

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it not on record

Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Under it 2 taxa · Gadus macrocephalus most observed
Lineage 11 ranks · Biota to Gadidae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF

WikidataiNaturalistGBIF

The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.

Cite the release, v2026.10.19

Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗