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
W. Thompson, 1840

The spotted codlet, MacClelland's unicorn-cod, or unicorn cod, Bregmaceros mcclellandi, is a small, deepwater codlet fish found in the western Indian Ocean to eastern Thailand. It occurs from the surface to depths of 2,000 m (6,600 ft), and it reaches up to 9.6 cm (3.8 in) in standard length.[1] This species is of commercial importance to local fisheries.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Bregmaceros mcclellandi" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
  2. Tony Ayling and Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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