| Family: |
Moridae (Morid cods) |
| Max. size: |
22.6 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 500 - 800 m |
| Distribution: |
Southeast Atlantic: known only from the Discovery Seamount. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67-80; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 63-70; Vertebrae: 53-53. Cinnamon brown with brownish tinge; walls of anterior mouth and gill cavities, gill filaments, and pyloric caeca light, inner region of mouth and gill cavities (toward throat and bases of gill arches) darkish blue (Ref. 31160). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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