important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
Haddock are a type of edible sea fish that are found in the North Atlantic. haddock a common fish that lives in northern seas and is often used as food. Valuable North American food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus, family Gadidae). A bottom-dweller that feeds on invertebrates and fishes, it resembles the cod, with its chin barbel (fleshy feeler) and two anal and three dorsal fins, but is distinguished by a dark (rather than light) lateral line and a distinctive dark spot on each shoulder. It is gray or brownish above, paler below. It grows to about 3 ft (90 cm) long and 25 lbs (11 kg)