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Hakes Grenadiers Cods and Relatives: Gadiformes - Physical Characteristics, Habitat, Behavior And Reproduction, Grenadiers, Hakes, Cods, Their Relatives, And People - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, DIET, CONSERVATION STATUS

ATLANTIC COD (Gadus morhua): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
HADDOCK (Melanogrammus aeglefinus): SPECIES ACCOUNTS

GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

Grenadiers, hakes, cods, and their relatives live all over the world.

DIET

Bottom-dwelling grenadiers, hakes, cods, and their relatives use their chin barbels to find bottom-dwelling prey, or animals hunted and killed for food. Open-water species eat krill, which are tiny crustaceans (krus-TAY-shuns). Crustaceans are water-dwelling animals that have jointed legs and a hard shell but no backbone. Some of the fishes in this group eat other fishes such as Atlantic herring.

CONSERVATION STATUS

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) lists one species of grenadiers, hakes, cods, and relatives as Critically Endangered, or facing extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future, and two as Vulnerable, or facing high risk of extinction in the wild.

Hakes Grenadiers Cods and Relatives: Gadiformes - Physical Characteristics

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Hakes Grenadiers Cods and Relatives: Gadiformes - Grenadiers, Hakes, Cods, Their Relatives, And People

Hakes Grenadiers Cods and Relatives: Gadiformes - Atlantic Cod (gadus Morhua): Species Accounts

Hakes Grenadiers Cods and Relatives: Gadiformes - Haddock (melanogrammus Aeglefinus): Species Accounts

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