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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Series: Zeiogadaria
Subseries: Gadariae
Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Gadidae
Subfamilia: Gadinae
Genus: Microgadus
Species: M. proximus – M. tomcod
Name

Microgadus Gill, 1865

Gender: masculine

Type species: Gadus proximus Girard, 1854
References

Gill, T. N. 1865. On the cranial characters of Gadus proximus Grd. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 17: 69.
Microgadus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Microgadus proximus

Microgadus proximus

Microgadus tomcod

Microgadus tomcod

Microgadus, the tomcods, is a genus of cods.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Microgadus proximus (Girard, 1854) (Pacific tomcod)
Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792) (Atlantic tomcod)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Microgadus in FishBase. April 2012 version.

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