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Gadiformes 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164665

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Muraenolepoidei
 
    Gadoidei
 
    Macrouroidei
 
  Common Name(s): grenadiers [English]
  
    merlus [French]
  
    morues [French]
  
    gadiforms [English]
  
    cods [English]
  
    hakes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderParacanthopterygii   
                            OrderGadiformes  – grenadiers, merlus, morues, gadiforms, cods, hakes  
    Direct Children:  
                               Family Bregmacerotidae Gill, 1872 – bregmacerotid codfishes, codlets, varlets, bacaletes 
                               Family Euclichthyidae Cohen, 1984 – Eucla cods 
                               Family Gadidae Rafinesque, 1810 – codfishes, true cods, bacalaos, morues, cods 
                               Family Macrouridae Gilbert and Hubbs, 1916 – grenadiers, rattails, grenadiers, marcrouridés, granaderos 
                               Family Melanonidae  – pelagic cods 
                               Family Merlucciidae Gill, 1884 – hakes, merluccid hakes, merlus, merluzas, merlucciid hakes 
                               Family Moridae Moreau, 1881 – codlings, deepsea codfishes, moras y carboneros, moras, morid cods, carboneros, moros, moras 
                               Family Muraenolepididae  – eel cods, moray cods, gadomurenes, gadimorenas 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Bruce B. Collette  
  Notes: Senior Scientist, National Systematics Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Gadiformes    
       
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Gadiformes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: merlus[French], morues [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gadiformes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Gadiformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cohen, Daniel M., Tadashi Inada, Tomio Iwamoto, and Nadia Scialabba  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title: Gadiform Fishes of the World (Order Gadiformes): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cods, Hakes, Grenadiers and other Gadiform Fishes Known to Date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 10   
  Page(s): x + 442   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-102890-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gadiformes, cods [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mecklenburg, Catherine W., T. Anthony Mecklenburg, and Lyman K. Thorsteinson  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of Alaska   
  Page(s): xxxvii + 1037   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-07-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gadiformes, gadiforms [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gadiformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Gadiformes   
       

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