{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Gadiculus argenteus.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Gadiculus | authority = Guichenot, 1850 | type_species = ''Gadiculus argenteus'' | type_species_authority = Guichenot, 1850 }}
'''''Gadiculus''''', or the '''silvery pouts''', is a 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 {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} and are of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.<ref name =GP>PAM Gaemers, JY Poulsen (2017) [http://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/2/3/15 Recognition and Distribution of Two North Atlantic ''Gadiculus'' Species, ''G. argenteus'' and ''G. thori'' (Gadidae), Based on Otolith Morphology, Larval Pigmentation, Molecular Evidence, Morphometrics and Meristics] Fishes, 2(3), 15; doi:10.3390/fishes2030015</ref><ref name=fba>[https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Gadiculus-argenteus.html ''Gadiculus argenteus'' Guichenot, 1850] In FishBase, accessed June 2018</ref><ref name=fb>[https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Gadiculus-thori.html ''Gadiculus thori'' Schmidt, 1913] In FishBase, accessed June 2018</ref>
==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.
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Category:Gadidae Category:Taxa named by Alphonse Guichenot
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