Haddock

The haddock is a saltwater ray-finned fish from the family Gadidae, the true cods. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Melanogrammus.

Haddock is a very popular food fish, sold fresh or preserved by smoking, freezing, or drying. It's common in British fish and chips, and smoked forms include Finnan haddie (poached in milk) and the ready-to-eat Arbroath smokie. It's also key to kedgeree and Cullen skink.

Haddock live in the North Atlantic and nearby seas. In the east they range from the Bay of Biscay to Spitsbergen and around Iceland and Norway, and in the west from western Greenland south to Cape Hatteras. They're a bottom-dwelling species found at 10 to 450 meters, most often 80 to 200 meters over rock, sand, gravel, or shell.