Gadiculus

Gadiculus, or the silvery pouts, are 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 15 cm (5.9 in) and are of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.^[1][2][3]

Gadiculus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Gadidae
Genus:	Gadiculus Guichenot, 1850
Type species
Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850

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.