Rockcod
Rockcod is a term applied to several unrelated fishes, which all look roughly cod-like and live among rocky habitat. Most are of some importance in fisheries.
In the codling family (Moridae):
- Lotella rhacina, the Rock Cod proper
In the cod icefish family (Nototheniidae)
In the grouper family (Serranidae):
"Rockcods" is also an alternate name for the thornyhead family (Sebastidae).
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