Animalia > Chordata > Gadiformes > Lotidae

Lotidae (cusk fishes, ling, hakes, and burbots)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lotidae are a family of cod-like fishes commonly known as lings or rocklings. They are found in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Except for a few species of Gaidropsarus, all are restricted to the Northern Hemisphere. All species are marine, except for the burbot, Lota lota, found in rivers and lakes in northern Europe and North America. They are important commercial and game fishes.
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Genus

Brosme (Hake) (1)
Ciliata (Rockling) (3)
Enchelyopus (2)
Gadomorpholithus (1)
Gaidropsarus (threebearded rocklings) (18)
Hypsiptera (1)
Lota (5)
Molva (European lings) (6)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0