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Genera in the family or subfamily Gadidae: [ 35 ] records


Aeglefinus Malm [A. W.] 1877:106, 481 Masc. Aeglefinus linnei Malm 1877 (= Gadus aeglefinus Linnaeus 1758). Type by monotypy. Malm's A. linnei is an unneeded replacement for G. aeglefinus Linnaeus. •Synonym of Melanogrammus Gill 1862 -- (Svetovidov 1973:306 [ref. 7169]). Current status: Synonym of Melanogrammus Gill 1862. Gadidae.

Allotrisopterus Gaemers [P. A. M.] 2017:29 Masc. Gadus minutus Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Dating to the correction with Zoobank registration, 17 July 2017 [ref. 35583]. •Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Fricke pers. comm. 17 Dec. 2016). Current status: Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814. Gadidae.

Arctogadus Dryagin [P. A.] 1932:151 Masc. Arctogadus borisovi Dryagin 1932. Type by original designation. Author's name also spelled Drjagin. •Valid as Arctogadus Dryagin 1932 -- (Nielsen & Jensen 1967:4 [ref. 23971], Svetovidov 1973:304 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:682 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:25 [ref. 18936], Bogutskaya 1998:109 [ref. 23589], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:288 [ref. 25968], Jordan et al. 2003:1341 [ref. 38593], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:167 [ref. 28183], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:120 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:35 [ref. 34440], Gaemers 2016:45 [ref. 34969]). Current status: Valid as Arctogadus Dryagin 1932. Gadidae.

Asellus Minding [J.] 1832:83 Masc. Name apparently not in current literature. Three included species (merlangus, carbonarius, and polacchius [pollachius]); subsequent type designation not researched. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Asellus G. St. Hilaire 1762 in Crustacea (not Plumier in Lacepède 1800 in fishes, not available). Also predates Asellus Valenciennes 1838 (Gadidae). Can be considered a nomen oblitum. •Synonym of Merlangius or Pollachius, depending on type designation. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pollachius Nilsson 1832. Gadidae.

Asellus Strøm [H.] 1767:401 Masc. Asellus longus Strøm 1767. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Asellus G. St. Hilaire 1762 in Crustacea (not Plumier in Lacepède 1800 in fishes, not available). Also predates Asellus Minding 1832 (Gadidae) and Asellus Valenciennes 1838 (Moridae). Name apparently not in current literature and can be considered a nomen oblitum. Current status: Uncertain. Gadidae.

Boreogadus (subgenus of Gadus) Günther [A.] 1862:336 Masc. Gadus fabricii Richardson 1837. Type by subsequent designation. Based on text style, described as a section of Gadus. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:807 [ref. 2476]. •Valid as Boreogadus Günther 1862 -- (Svetovidov 1973:305 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:683 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:27 [ref. 18936], Bogutskaya 1998:109 [ref. 23589], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:288 [ref. 25968], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:167 [ref. 28183], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:120 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:172 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:37 [ref. 34440], Gaemers 2016:45 [ref. 34969]). Current status: Valid as Boreogadus Günther 1862. Gadidae.

Brachygadus Gill [T. N.] 1862:280 Masc. Gadus minutus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Gill 1863:230 [ref. 1687]. •Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Svetovidov 1973:310 [ref. 7169]). Current status: Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814. Gadidae.

Cailarina De la Pylaie [A. J. M.] 1835:529 Fem. Gadus callarias Linnaeus 1758 Misspelled callarius. •In the synonymy of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Callarias Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Klein) 1792:583 Masc. Not available, published in a part of work rejected for nomenclatural purposes in Opinion 21 (1938). Based on Klein 1749:4 [ref. 30141]. •In the synonymy of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Callarias Klein [J. T.] 1777:327 Masc. Not available, published in a work that does not conform to the principle of binominal nomenclature. •In the synonymy of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Cephus Swainson [W.] 1838:319 Masc. Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius 1810. Type by monotypy. Also in Swainson 1839:188 and 300 [ref. 4303]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cephus Latrielle 1802 in Hymenoptera, and by Cephus Oken 1817, Cephus Billberg 1828, and Cephus Fleming 1828 in Aves. •In the synonymy of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Cerdo Gistel [J.] 1848:VIII Masc. Gadus callarias Linnaeus 1758. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Asellus Klein, an unavailable name mentioned in passing and not accepted by Klein. •Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Eleginus Fischer [G.] 1813:252 Masc. Gadus nawaga Walbaum 1792. Type by monotypy. See Gill 1891:302 [ref. 1734]. Not Eleginus Cuvier 1830. •Should be synonymized with Microgadus Gill 1865 -- (Carr et al. 1999:25 [ref. 24219]). •Valid as Eleginus Fischer 1813 -- (Svetovidov 1973:305 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:92 [ref. 6441], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:684 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:33 [ref. 18936], Bogutskaya 1998:109 [ref. 23589], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:288 [ref. 25968], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:167 [ref. 28183] dating to 1830, Parin et al. 2014:172 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:39 [ref. 34440], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138], Stroganov et al. 2023:1147 [1015] [ref. 40642]). Current status: Valid as Eleginus Fischer 1813. Gadidae.

Gadiculus Guichenot [A.] 1850:101 Masc. Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot 1850. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Gadiculus Guichento 1850 -- (Svetovidov 1973:305 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:685 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:39 [ref. 18936], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:29 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33547], Gaemers 2016:45 [ref. 34969]). Current status: Valid as Gadiculus Guichenot 1850. Gadidae.

Gadulus Malm [A. W.] 1877:106, 482 Masc. Gadus luscus Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation. Probably not preoccupied by Gadulus [apparently in error for Cadulus Philippi 1844] Issel 1876 in Mollusca. •Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Svetovidov 1973:310 [ref. 7169]). Current status: Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814. Gadidae.

Gadus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:251 Masc. Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:802 [ref. 2476]; on Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). •Valid as Gadus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Svetovidov 1973:303 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:92 [ref. 6441], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:686 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:41 [ref. 18936], Bogutskaya 1998:110 [ref. 23589], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:288 [ref. 25968], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:1022 [ref. 27011], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:169 [ref. 28183], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:120 [ref. 31212], Shinohara et al. 2011:41 [ref. 31715], Stroganov et al. 2012:738 [ref. 31801], Parin et al. 2014:174 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:26 [ref. 34694], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:41 [ref. 34440], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Valid as Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Leptogadus Gill [T. N.] 1863:248 Masc. Gadus blennioides Pallas 1770. Type by original designation, Gill's style of type in parentheses in key (also monotypic). Species may date to Brünnich 1768:24 (not researched). •Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Melanogrammus Gill [T. N.] 1862:280 Masc. Gadus aeglefinus Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Melanogrammus Gill 1862 -- (Svetovidov 1973:306 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:267 [ref. 13653], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:687 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:54 [ref. 18936], Parin et al. 2014:176 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Melanogrammus Gill 1862. Gadidae.

Merlan (subgenus of Gadus) De la Pylaie [A. J. M.] 1835:529 Fem. Gadus merlangus Linnaeus 1758 Type by monotypy. Misspelled callarius. •Synonym of Merlangius Garsault 1764. Current status: Synonym of Merlangius Garsault 1764. Gadidae.

Merlangius Garsault [F. A. P. de] 1764:Pl. 661 Masc. Gadus merlangus Linnaeus 1758. Text in 1765 on p. 401. •Valid as Merlangius Geoffroy 1764 [should be Garsault 1764] -- (Svetovidov 1973:307 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:267 [ref. 13653], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:688 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:55 [ref. 18936], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:29 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:176 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Merlangius Garsault 1764. Gadidae.

Merlangus Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1182a Masc. Gadus merlangus Linnaeus 1758. Type apparently by subsequent absolute tautonymy. Based on "Les Merlans" of Cuvier 1816:213 [ref. 993] (see Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768], but as Merlongus). First technical addition of species not researched. Also described apparently independently by Nilsson 1832:41 [ref. 3204]. •Synonym of Merlangius Garsault 1764 [as Geoffroy 1767] -- (Svetovidov 1973:307 [ref. 7169] with author as Geoffroy). Current status: Synonym of Merlangius Garsault 1764. Gadidae.

Microgadus Gill [T. N.] 1865:69 Masc. Gadus proximus Girard 1854. Type by monotypy. Type regarded as by monotypy, a second species (not definitely included), Gadus tomcodus Mitchill "exhibits similar modifications of the cranium, and should be approximated to G. proximus." •Valid as Microgadus Gill 1865 -- (Fahay & Markle 1984:267 [ref. 13653], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:57 [ref. 18936], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:288 [ref. 25968], Scharpf 2006:36 [ref. 30386], Pietsch & Orr 2015:27 [ref. 34694], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:40 [ref. 34440]). Current status: Valid as Microgadus Gill 1865. Gadidae.

Micromesistius Gill [T. N.] 1863:231 Masc. Merlangus poutassou Risso 1827. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Spelled Brachymesistius on page 233 (regarded as a lapsus for Micromesistius). •Valid as Micromesistius Gill 1863 -- (Svetovidov 1973:308 [ref. 7169], Inada & Nakamura 1975 [ref. 7099], Fahay & Markle 1984:267 [ref. 13653], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:689 [ref. 13676], Chiu & Markle 1990:190 [ref. 21686], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:60 [ref. 18936], Miller 1993:562 [ref. 21297], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:1022 [ref. 27011], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:29 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:177 [ref. 33547], Struthers 2015:877 [ref. 34261], Bañón et al. 2016:316 [ref. 34397], Gaemers 2016:45 [ref. 34969]). Current status: Valid as Micromesistius Gill 1863. Gadidae.

Minutus de Buen [F.] 1926:61 Masc. As a "grupo" for 3 species of Gadus. Not available on basis of Art. 1.3.5 [see de Buen's definition of "grupo" on p. 11]; see Appendix A in in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]. •In the synonymy of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Morhua Fleming [J.] 1828:190 Fem. Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758. Type by absolute tautonymy. Several included species, one being vulgaris with Gadus morhua in synonymy. •Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Morrhua Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1182a Fem. Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758. Usually given as above, but we only find "Morr." on p. 1182a; based on "Les Morues" of Cuvier 1816:212 [ref. 993]. First subsequent latinization not researched. Also as Marhua in early literature. •Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Svetovidov 1973:303 [ref. 7169]). Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Morua Risso [A.] 1827:225 Masc. Morua capelanus of Risso (?= Gadus capelanus Lacepède 1800). Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Svetovidov 1973:310 [ref. 7169]). Current status: Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814. Gadidae.

Neocolliolus Gaemers [P. A. M.] 1976:516 Masc. Gadus esmarkii Nilsson 1855. Type by original designation. •Valid as Neocolliolus Gaemers 1976 -- (Gaemers 2016:24 [ref. 34969]). •Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Fricke pers. comm. 17 Dec. 2016). Current status: Synonym of Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814. Gadidae.

Odontogadus Gill [T. N.] 1863:248 Masc. Gadus euxinus Nordmann 1840. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Merlangius Garsault 1764 -- (Svetovidov 1973:307 [ref. 7169] with author as Geoffroy, Parin et al. 2014:176 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Merlangius Garsault 1764. Gadidae.

Phocaegadus Jensen [A. S.] 1948:140 Masc. Phocaegadus megalops Jensen 1948. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Arctogadus Dryagin 1932 -- (Nielsen & Jensen 1967:4 [ref. 23971], Svetovidov 1973:304 [ref. 7169], Parin et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Arctogadus Dryagin 1932. Gadidae.

Pleurogadus Bean [T. H.] in Jordan 1885:918 [130] Masc. Gadus gracilis Tilesius 1810. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Tilesia Swainson 1839, preoccupied by Tilesia Lamouroux 1821 in Bryozoa. •Synonym of Eleginus Fischer 1813 -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:167 [ref. 28183] dated 1830). Current status: Synonym of Eleginus Fischer 1813. Gadidae.

Pollachius (subgenus of Gadus) Nilsson [S.] 1832:43 Masc. Gadus pollachius Linnaeus 1758. Type by absolute tautonymy. •Valid as Pollachius Nilsson 1832 -- (Svetovidov 1973:308 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:267 [ref. 13653], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:690 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:69 [ref. 18936], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:1022 [ref. 27011], Parin et al. 2014:178 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Pollachius Nilsson 1832. Gadidae.

Theragra Lucas [F. A.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:2535 Fem. Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas 1814. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Theragra Lucas 1898 -- (Svetovidov 1973:309 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:267 [ref. 13653], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:92 [ref. 6441], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:691 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:74 [ref. 18936], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:288 [ref. 25968], Ursvik et al. 2007:[1] [ref. 31061], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:120 [ref. 31212], Shinohara et al. 2011:41 [ref. 31715], Parin et al. 2014:178 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Carr & Marshall 2008:490 [ref. 34838]). Current status: Synonym of Gadus Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae.

Tilesia Swainson [W.] 1838:318 Fem. Gadus gracilis Tilesius 1810. Type by monotypy. Also in Swainson 1839:188, 300 [ref. 4303]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Tilesia Lamouroux 1821 in Bryozoa, replaced by Pleurogadus Bean 1887. •In the synonymy of Eleginus Fischer 1813. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Eleginus Fischer 1813. Gadidae.

Trisopterus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:16 Masc. Trisopterus fasciatus Rafinesque 1814. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Svetovidov 1973:309 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:267 [ref. 13653], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:692 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:77 [ref. 18936], Mattiangeli et al. 2000:477 [ref. 40164], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:29 [ref. 36649], Delling et al. 2011:1236 [ref. 31990], Gonzalez et al. 2012:1013 [ref. 32369], Parin et al. 2014:179 [ref. 33547], Gaemers 2016:26 [ref. 34969]). Current status: Valid as Trisopterus Rafinesque 1814. Gadidae.


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