Includes two economically important taxa, Gadidae and Merlucciidae. Therefore, most literature on gadiform larvae concentrated on this group. Early ontogenetic coiling of larval gut, tapering post-anal region, and rounded head, contributes to overall tadpole-like appearance (Cohen, 1984).
Families treated:
Family Bregmacerotidae (codlets)
Family Gadidae (cods and haddocks)
Family Macrouridae (grenadiers or rattails)
Family Merlucciidae (merluccid hakes)
Family Moridae (deepsea cods)
Family Muraenolepidae (eel cods)
Family Phycidae (phycid hakes)
Table Gadiformes
22 geographic zones