Moridae

• Main Authors: Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio, Serrano, Alberto
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Gadiformes; Moridae; Antarctic; Arctic; Indian; Meteor Bank; Pacific; Antarc*; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5618909; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618909

Family Moridae Guttigadus latifrons (Holt & Byrne, 1908) —No common name (Fig. 16) 4 specimens ranging 11–13 cm TL were caught at depths between 791 and 851 m. Biometry and meristic: 129 mm TL; 118 mm SL; HL: 23.7; PO: 5.1; POL: 11.0; ED: 7.6; IOW: 8.5; BL: 2.5; PD 1: 24.6; PD 2: 28.8; LD 1: 3.4; LD 2: 58.5; PA: 29.7; LA: 58.5; LP: 15.3; LV: 22.0; H: 22.0; D 1: 5; D 2: 72; A: 68; P: 22; V: 3; Gr: 7 + 16. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal between 770–1,875 m depth. Eastern and southwestern Atlantic Ocean, western Indian Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic, from Ireland and Island to the Azores islands and the Galicia Bank. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase). Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862 —Slender codling 207 specimens were caught at depths between 731 and 1,685 m. Length data were available for 137 specimens ranging from 9–45 cm TL (29.7 ± 9.6). Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic, antitropical at depth range 450–3,000 m. North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Southwest Pacific, and Southeast Pacific oceans. Patchy distribution in sub- Arctic and sub-Antarctic waters. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase). Physiculus dalwigki Kaup, 1858 —Black codling One specimen of 26 cm TL was caught at depths between 731–738 m (Bañón et al. 2002). Habitat and Distribution: benthopelagic at depth range 100– 738 m. Eastern Atlantic: Galicia Bank, Great Meteor Bank, Madeira and south along the African coast to about 25 °N and in western Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase). Mora moro (Risso, 1810) —Common mora 6,596 specimens were caught at depths between 709 and 1,323 m. Length data were available for 1,310 specimens ranging from 13–67 cm TL (47.9 ± 9.3), with males between 25 and 55 cm (45.7 ±4.0, N= 431) and females between 35 and 65 cm (54.8 ± 4.5, N= 490). Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic; depth range 400–2,500 usually 400–1,000 m. Wide distribution along the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans and in the western Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern ...