Editing Cod (section)

===Cod in the genus ''Gadus''/True cod===

Three species in the genus ''Gadus'' are currently called cod:

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|+ {{nowrap|Cod in the genus ''Gadus''}}
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! Common name
! Scientific name
! Maximum<br />length
! Common<br />length
! Maximum<br />weight
! Maximum<br />age
! [[Trophic level|Trophic<br />level]]
! [[FishBase|Fish<br />Base]]
! [[FAO]]
! [[ITIS]]
! [[IUCN|IUCN status]]
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| [[Atlantic cod]]
| ''Gadus morhua'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 200&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 100&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 96.0&nbsp;kg
| style="text-align:right;"| 25 years
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.4
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=FBAtlantic>{{FishBase | genus = Gadus | species = morhua | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2218/en ''Gadus morhua''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907195108/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2218/en |date=7 September 2017 }} ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])  FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=164712 |taxon=Gadus morhua}}</ref>
| [[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg|VU IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Vulnerable</small><ref>Sobel, J. (1996). ''Gadus morhua''. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species {{doi|10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8784A12931575.en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pacific cod]]
| ''Gadus macrocephalus'' <small>[[Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau|Tilesius]], 1810</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 119&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.7&nbsp;kg
| style="text-align:right;"| 18 years
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.0
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=FBPacific>{{FishBase | genus = Gadus | species = macrocephalus | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2219/en ''Gadus macrocephalus'' (Tilesius, 1810) ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207194404/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2219/en |date=7 February 2016 }} FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=164711 |taxon=Gadus macrocephalus}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <small>Not assessed</small>
|-
| [[Greenland cod]]
| ''Gadus ogac'' <small>Richardson, 1836</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 77.0&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"| 12 years
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.6
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{FishBase | genus = Gadus | species = ogac | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3011/en ''Gadus ogac'' (Richardson, 1836) ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201235558/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3011/en |date=1 February 2016 }} FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=164717 |taxon=Gadus ogac}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <small>Not assessed</small>
|}

The fourth species of genus Gadus, ''[[Gadus chalcogrammus]]'', is commonly called ''Alaska pollock'' or ''walleye pollock''. But there are also less widespread alternative trade names highlighting the fish's belonging to the cod genus, like ''snow cod''<ref>Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute: ''Whitefish Buyers Guide''. (Memento of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20060926232617/http://www.alaskaseafood.org/retailers/practices/pages/buyerguide-whitefish/index.html original] as of 26 September 2006 in the ''[[Internet Archive]]'').</ref><ref name="seafood-handbook">SeafoodSource.com (23 January 2014): ''[https://www.seafoodsource.com/seafood-handbook/finfish/pollock-alaska Alaska pollock] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525040525/https://www.seafoodsource.com/seafood-handbook/finfish/pollock-alaska |date=25 May 2021 }}''.</ref><ref>Doré, Ian (1991): ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5lLUBwAAQBAJ&dq=%22snow+cod%22&pg=PA126 The New Fresh Seafood Buyer’s Guide: A manual for distributors, restaurants, and retailers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607210229/https://books.google.de/books?id=5lLUBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=%22snow+cod%22&source=bl&ots=3JKgaK_uqF&sig=ACfU3U2yVYITK2_eFytdKdGvR-RPcyx8jw&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibq6Gc3b3pAhUJzKQKHRumADgQ6AEwD3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22snow%20cod%22&f=false |date=7 June 2020 }},'' p. 126.</ref> or ''bigeye cod''.<ref name="seafood-handbook"/>