Lepidion

Lepidion
Mediterranean codling (L. lepidion)
Morid cod (L. inosimae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Moridae
Genus:	Lepidion Swainson, 1838

Lepidion is a genus of morid cods.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Lepidion capensis Gilchrist, 1922
• Lepidion ensiferus (Günther, 1887) (Patagonian codling)
• Lepidion eques (Günther, 1887) (North Atlantic codling)
• Lepidion guentheri (Giglioli, 1880)
• Lepidion inosimae (Günther, 1887) (morid cod)
• Lepidion lepidion (A. Risso, 1810) (Mediterranean codling)
• Lepidion microcephalus Cowper, 1956 (small-headed cod)
• Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist, 1922
• Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov (ru), 1936 (Schmidt's cod)

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