# Gadiculus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Gadiculus argenteus.jpg
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| taxon = Gadiculus
| authority = [Guichenot](/source/Alphonse_Guichenot), 1850
| type_species = ''[Gadiculus argenteus](/source/Gadiculus_argenteus)''
| type_species_authority = Guichenot, 1850
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'''''Gadiculus''''', or the '''silvery pouts''', is a genus of [cod](/source/Gadidae), fishes in the family [Gadidae](/source/Gadidae). They are distributed in the coastal waters of the Northeast Atlantic and the adjacent [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea). They do not grow larger than  {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} and are of minor importance to local [commercial fisheries](/source/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](/source/FishBase), accessed June 2018</ref><ref name=fb>[https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Gadiculus-thori.html ''Gadiculus thori'' Schmidt, 1913] In [FishBase](/source/FishBase), accessed June 2018</ref>

==Species==

Two species of ''Gadiculus'' are currently recognized:
*''[Gadiculus argenteus](/source/Gadiculus_argenteus)'', in the western [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean) and adjacent Atlantic waters
*''[Gadiculus thori](/source/Gadiculus_thori)'', from the [Bay of Biscay](/source/Bay_of_Biscay) north up to the [North Cape](/source/North_Cape_(Norway)).

==References==
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Category:Gadidae
Category:Taxa named by Alphonse Guichenot

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