gadoid

Updated: June 7, 2025

And I'll mention for the record some little banded blennies that follow ships into the northernmost seas, sharp-snouted carp exclusive to the north Atlantic, scorpionfish, and lastly the gadoid family, chiefly the cod species, which I detected in their waters of choice over these inexhaustible Grand Banks. Because Newfoundland is simply an underwater peak, you could call these cod mountain fish.

Jules Verne - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea