Moridae

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Moridae
Shortbeard codling, Laemonema barbatulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gadiformes Family: Moridae
Genera
Antimora Auchenoceros Eeyorius Eretmophorus Gadella Guttigadus Halargyreus Laemonema Lepidion Lotella Mora Notophycis Physiculus Pseudophycis Rhynchogadus Salilota Svetovidovia Tripterophycis See text for species.

Moridae is a family of cod-like fishes, known as codlings, hakelings and moras. They are marine fishes found throughout the world, and grow up to 90 cm long (red codling, Pseudophycis bachus).

[edit] Species

There are 111 species in 18 genera:

• Genus Antimora
  • Finescale mora, Antimora microlepis Bean, 1890.
    

    

    Finescale mora, Antimora microlepis
  • Blue antimora or Violet cod, Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878).
• Genus Auchenoceros
  • Ahuru, Auchenoceros punctatus (Hutton, 1873).
    

    

    Ahuru, Auchenoceros punctatus
• Genus Eeyorius
  • Tasmanian codling, Eeyorius hutchinsi Paulin, 1986.
• Genus Eretmophorus
  • Eretmophorus kleinenbergi Giglioli, 1889.
• Genus Gadella
  • Gadella brocca Paulin & Roberts, 1997.
  • Gadella dancoheni Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 2000.
  • Gadella edelmanni (Brauer, 1906).
  • Gadella filifer (Garman, 1899).
  • Beardless codling, Gadella imberbis (Vaillant, 1888).
  • Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead, 1951).
  • Gadella macrura Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 2000.
  • Gadella, Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810).
    

    

    Gadella, Gadella maraldi
  • Gadella molokaiensis Paulin, 1989.
  • Gadella norops Paulin, 1987.
  • Gadella obscurus (Parin, 1984).
  • Gadella svetovidovi Trunov, 1992.
  • Gadella thysthlon Long & McCosker, 1998.
• Genus Guttigadus
  • Fat-headed cod, Guttigadus globiceps (Gilchrist, 1906).
  • Tadpole cod, Guttigadus globosus (Paulin, 1986).
  • Guttigadus kongi (Markle & Meléndez C., 1988).
  • Guttigadus latifrons (Holt & Byrne, 1908).
  • Guttigadus nudicephalus (Trunov, 1990).
  • Guttigadus nudirostre (Trunov, 1990).
  • Guttigadus squamirostre (Trunov, 1990).
• Genus Halargyreus
  • Slender codling or Slender cod, Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862.
    

    

    Slender codling, Halargyreus johnsonii
• Genus Laemonema
  • Shortbeard codling, Laemonema barbatulum Goode & Bean, 1883.
    

    

    Shortbeard codling, Laemonema barbatulum
  • Laemonema compressicauda (Gilchrist, 1903).
  • Laemonema filodorsale Okamura, 1982.
  • Laemonema goodebeanorum Meléndez C. & Markle, 1997.
  • Laemonema gracillipes Garman, 1899.
  • Guinean codling, Laemonema laureysi Poll, 1953.
  • Longfin codling, Laemonema longipes Schmidt, 1938.
  • Laemonema macronema Meléndez C. & Markle, 1997.
  • Laemonema melanurum Goode & Bean, 1896.
    

    

    Laemonema melanurum
  • Laemonema modestum (Franz, 1910).
  • Laemonema nana Taki, 1953.
  • Laemonema palauense Okamura, 1982.
  • Laemonema rhodochir Gilbert, 1905.
  • Robust mora, Laemonema robustum Johnson, 1862.
  • Bighead mora, Laemonema verecundum (Jordan & Cramer, 1897).
  • Laemonema yarrellii (Lowe, 1838).
  • Laemonema yuvto Parin & Sazonov, 1990.
• Genus Lepidion
  • Lepidion capensis Gilchrist, 1922.
  • Patagonian codling, Lepidion ensiferus (Günther, 1887).
  • North Atlantic codling, Lepidion eques (Günther, 1887).
  • Lepidion guentheri (Giglioli, 1880).
  • Morid cod, Lepidion inosimae (Günther, 1887).
  • Mediterranean codling, Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810).
    

    

    Mediterranean codling, Lepidion lepidion
  • Small-headed cod or Long-finned cod, Lepidion microcephalus Cowper, 1956.
  • Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist, 1922.
  • Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov, 1936.
• Genus Lotella
  • Lotella fernandeziana Rendahl, 1921.
  • Lotella fuliginosa Günther, 1862.
  • Beardie, Lotella phycis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846).
  • Rock cod, Lotella rhacina (Forster, 1801).
  • Slender beardy, Lotella schuettei Steindachner, 1866.
  • Lotella tosaensis (Kamohara, 1936).
• Genus Mora
  • Common mora, googly-eyed cod or ribaldo, Mora moro (Risso, 1810).
    

    

    Common mora, Mora moro
• Genus Notophycis
  • Notophycis fitchi Sazonov, 2001.
  • Dwarf codling, Notophycis marginata (Günther, 1878).
• Genus Physiculus
  • Physiculus andriashevi Shcherbachev, 1993.
  • Physiculus argyropastus Alcock, 1894.
  • Physiculus beckeri Shcherbachev, 1993.
  • Physiculus bertelseni Shcherbachev, 1993.
  • Physiculus capensis (Gilchrist, 1922).
  • Physiculus chigodarana Paulin, 1989.
  • Physiculus coheni Paulin, 1989.
  • Physiculus cyanostrophus Anderson & Tweddle, 2002.
  • Physiculus cynodon Sazonov, 1987.
  • Black codling, Physiculus dalwigki Kaup, 1858.
  • Physiculus fedorovi Shcherbachev, 1993.
  • Hakeling, Physiculus fulvus Bean, 1884.
    

    

    Hakeling, Physiculus fulvus
  • Physiculus grinnelli Jordan & Jordan, 1922.
  • Skulpin, Physiculus helenaensis Paulin, 1989.
  • Physiculus hexacytus Parin, 1984.
  • Physiculus huloti Poll, 1953.
  • Japanese codling, Physiculus japonicus Hilgendorf, 1879.
  • Physiculus karrerae Paulin, 1989.
  • Physiculus kaupi Poey, 1865.
    

    

    Physiculus kaupi
  • Physiculus longicavis Parin, 1984.
  • Physiculus longifilis Weber, 1913.
  • Luminescent cod, Physiculus luminosus Paulin, 1983.
  • Physiculus marisrubri Brüss, 1986.
  • Physiculus maslowskii Trunov, 1991.
  • Physiculus microbarbata Paulin & Matallanas, 1990.
  • Physiculus natalensis (Gilchrist, 1922).
  • Charcoal mora, Physiculus nematopus Gilbert, 1890.
  • Physiculus nielseni Shcherbachev, 1993.
  • Physiculus nigripinnis Okamura, 1982.
  • Physiculus nigriscens Smith & Radcliffe, 1912.
  • Physiculus normani Brüss, 1986.
  • Physiculus parini Paulin, 1991.
  • Physiculus peregrinus (Günther, 1872).
  • Hundred fathom mora, Physiculus rastrelliger Gilbert, 1890.
  • Physiculus rhodopinnis Okamura, 1982.
  • Physiculus roseus Alcock, 1891.
  • Physiculus sazonovi Paulin, 1991.
  • Physiculus sterops Paulin, 1989.
  • Physiculus sudanensis Paulin, 1989.
  • Peruvian mora, Physiculus talarae Hildebrand & Barton, 1949.
  • Physiculus therosideros Paulin, 1987.
  • Physiculus yoshidae Okamura, 1982.
• Genus Pseudophycis
  • Red codling, Pseudophycis bachus (Forster, 1801).
  • Southern bastard codling, Pseudophycis barbata Günther, 1863.
  • Northern bastard codling, Pseudophycis breviuscula (Richardson, 1846).
• Genus Rhynchogadus
  • Rhynchogadus hepaticus (Facciolà, 1884).
• Genus Salilota
  • Tadpole codling, Salilota australis (Barnard, 1925).
• Genus Svetovidovia
  • Svetovidovia lucullus (Jensen, 1953).
• Genus Tripterophycis
  • Grenadier cod, Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger, 1902.
  • Tripterophycis svetovidovi (Trunov, 1992).

[edit] References

• "Moridae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.