Spotted codlet | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Bregmacerotidae |
Genus: | Bregmaceros |
Species: | B. mcclellandi |
Binomial name | |
Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson, 1840 |
The spotted codlet, Macclelland's unicorn-cod, or unicorn cod, Bregmaceros mcclellandi, is a small deepwater codlet fish found in the west Indian Ocean to eastern Thailand. It occurs from the surface to depths of 2,000 m, and its length is between 6 and 12 cm.