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 called cod (Alaska pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus). Hake is in the same taxonomic order (Gadiformes) as cod and haddock. It is a medium-to-large fish averaging from 1 to 8 pounds (0.45 to 3.63 kg) in weight, with specimens as large as 60 pounds (27 kg). The fish can grow up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in length with a lifespan of as long as 14 years. Hake may be found in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean in waters from 200 to 350 metres (656 to 1,148 ft) deep. The fish stay in deep water during the day and come to shallower depths during the night. An undiscerning predator, hake feed on prey found near or on the bottom of the sea. Male and female hake are very similar in appearance. Learn more about Cod and hake
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Atlantic Cod (65 videos) | Gadus morhua | Not Available |
Bib (28 videos) | Trisopterus luscus | Not Available |
Black Cod (153 videos) | Notothenia microlepidota | Not Available |
Blue Cod (1 videos) | Parapercis colias | Not Available |
European Ling (5 videos) | Molva molva | Not Available |
Greater Forkbeard (5 videos) | Phycis blennoides | Not Available |
Haddock (40 videos) | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | Not Available |
Kelp Greenling (5 videos) | Hexagrammos decagrammus | Not Available |
Lake Whitefish (3 videos) | Coregonus clupeaformis | Not Available |
Lingcod (95 videos) | Ophiodon elongatus | Not Available |
Norway Haddock (41 videos) | Sebastes viviparus | Not Available |
Ocean Whitefish (4 videos) | Caulolatilus princeps | Not Available |
Painted Greenling (3 videos) | Oxylebius pictus | Not Available |
Pink Ling (1 videos) | Genypterus blacodes | Not Available |
Pollock (131 videos) | Pollachius pollachius | Not Available |
Poor Cod (5 videos) | Trisopterus minutus | Not Available |
Red Rock Cod (1 videos) | Scorpaena cardinalis | Not Available |
Sablefish (153 videos) | Anoplopoma fimbria | Not Available |
Saithe (1 videos) | Pollachius virens | Not Available |
Whitefish (45 videos) | Salanx cuvieri | Data deficient |
Whiting (19 videos) | Merlangius merlangus | Not Available |