morhua, Gadus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:252 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] European seas. No types known. Name spelled Gadus morrhus by Müller 1776:42 [ref. 17808] and Gadus morrhua in Schöpf 1788:139 [ref. 18700]. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:31 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758 -- (Berg 1949:950 [ref. 20662], Svetovidov 1973:303 [ref. 7169], Smith 1986:403 [ref. 22186], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:682 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:93 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:266 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:117 [ref. 14674], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:44 [ref. 18936], Endo in Okamura et al. 1995:111 [ref. 22531], Murdy et al. 1997:112 [ref. 23144], Arruda 1997:70 [ref. 24952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:747 [ref. 24702], Bogutskaya 1998:110 [ref. 23589], Carr et al. 1999:20 [ref. 24219], Fricke 1999:30 [ref. 24101], Musick et al. 2000:12 [ref. 24959], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:174 [ref. 26753], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:228 [ref. 26158], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:290 [ref. 25968], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:1024 [ref. 27011], Moore et al. V2003:213 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:94 [ref. 27807], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:169 [ref. 28183], Evseenko et al. 2006:330 [ref. 28761], Fricke 2007:25 [ref. 30577], Møller et al. 2010:40 [ref. 31169], Stroganov et al. 2011:741 [ref. 31801], Page et al. 2013:93 [ref. 32708], Dolgov 2013:917 [ref. 33112], Parin et al. 2014:175 [ref. 33547], Afonso et al. 2016:36, 151 [ref. 36199], Mecklenberg et al. 2018:150 [ref. 36370], Carneiro et al. 2019:142 [ref. 37250], Dyldin et al. 2020:106 [ref. 37569], Bañón & Maño 2021:59 [ref. 38883], Kovačić et al. 2021:29 [ref. 39014], Simian et al. 2022:375 [ref. 40776]). Current status: Valid as Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758. Gadidae. Distribution: North Atlantic (including Baltic Sea, North Sea), Kara Sea and adjacent Arctic; Mediterranean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.