''Gadiculus thori'' is a species of

cod Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus '' Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gadus'' is commonly not call ...

found in the northeastern

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. It grows to a length of and is not of major importance to local

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. ''Gadiculus thori'' was until recently considered a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

of the more widely distributed silvery pout, ''

Gadiculus argenteus ''Gadiculus argenteus'', or the silvery pout, is a species of cod found in the Northeast Atlantic region. It grows to a length of and is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, being rather used as a bait fish. ''Gadiculus argenteus' ...

''. Currently, the distribution of ''G. argenteus'' is thought to be more southerly, in the western

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and the adjacent Atlantic, while ''G. thori'' is found from the

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north up to the North Cape.PAM Gaemers, JY Poulsen (2017
Recognition and Distribution of Two North Atlantic ''Gadiculus'' Species, ''G. argenteus'' and ''G. thori'' (Gadidae), Based on Otolith Morphology, Larval Pigmentation, Molecular Evidence, Morphometrics and Meristics
Fishes, 2(3), 15; doi:10.3390/fishes2030015
In

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, accessed June 2018

References

Gadidae Taxa named by Johannes Schmidt (biologist) Fish described in 1913 {{Gadiformes-stub