Black cod explained

Black cod is a common name for several ray-finned fishes, none closely related to the true cods of order Gadiformes, family Gadidae:

• Order Scorpaeniformes
  • Family Anoplopomatidae
    • Anoplopoma fimbria, native to the North Pacific, known as black cod or sablefish in North America
• Order Perciformes
  • Family Serranidae "groupers"
    • Epinephelus daemelii, native to Australia and New Zealand, known as black cod in Australia
  • Family Nototheniidae "cod icefishes"
    • Notothenia microlepidota, native to New Zealand and Macquarie Island, known as black cod in New Zealand
    • Paranotothenia magellanica, native to the Southern Ocean, known as black cod in New Zealand