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Cusk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Lotidae |
Genus: | Brosme Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817 |
Species: | B. brosme
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Binomial name | |
Brosme brosme (Ascanius, 1772)
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Distribution of cusk (in blue) | |
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The cusk (Brosme brosme) is a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae. It is the only species in the genus Brosme.[1] Its other common names include European cusk, and brosmius.[2]