''Microgadus'', the Tomcods, is a genus of
cods
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 ...
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Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
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Microgadus proximus
''Microgadus proximus'', also commonly known as Pacific tomcod, is a type of cod fish found in North American coastal waters from the southeastern Bering Sea to central California
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( Girard, 1854) (Pacific tomcod)
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Microgadus tomcod
''Microgadus tomcod'', also commonly known as frostfish, Atlantic tomcod or winter cod, is a type of cod found in North American coastal waters from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River and northern Newfoundland, south to Virginia.
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, 1792) (Atlantic tomcod)
References
Gadidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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