Spotted codlet

Spotted codlet
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.

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