Gadiculus, or the silvery pouts, is a genus of cod, fishes in the family Gadidae. They are distributed in the coastal waters of the Northeast Atlantic and the adjacent Mediterranean Sea. They do not grow larger than and are of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.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/fishes2030015Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850 In FishBase, accessed June 2018Gadiculus thori Schmidt, 1913 In FishBase, accessed June 2018
Species
Two species of Gadiculus are currently recognized: Gadiculus argenteus, in the western Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic waters Gadiculus thori, from the Bay of Biscay north up to the North Cape.
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