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Illustration showing six fish species from the orders Batrachoidiformes and Gadiformes, each labeled with common and scientific names: oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pacific grenadier (Coryphaenoides acrolepis), cusk (Brosme brosme), and burbot (Lota lota).
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Gadiformes

fish order
Also known as: gadiform
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Illustration showing six fish species from the orders Batrachoidiformes and Gadiformes, each labeled with common and scientific names: oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pacific grenadier (Coryphaenoides acrolepis), cusk (Brosme brosme), and burbot (Lota lota).
Batrachoidiforms and gadiforms Body plans of representative members of the orders Batrachoidiformes (toadfish) and Gadiformes.

The Gadiformes are an order of teleost fishes that includes cods and closely related species. This classification is sometimes used as an alternative to the order Anacanthini. The genus Gadus is part of this family and includes well-known fish such as cod, pollock, and whiting.12

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