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Family Moridae — Codlings, Deepsea Cods, or Moras
Antimora microlepis Bean, 1890. Pacific Flatnose or Small-scaled Blue Hake. To more than 66 cm (26 in) TL
(Hart 1973). North Pacific (not circumglobal; Small 1981); tropical mid-North Pacific; Pacific off southern
Japan (not in Japan Sea) to Sea of Okhotsk, to Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska to Gulf of California (Allen
and Smith 1988, Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990). Benthopelagic over continental slope at depths of about 175–
3,048 m (574–10,000 ft; Allen and Smith 1988). Additional citations in Mecklenburg et al. (2002). For some
time A. microlepis was classified as a junior synonym of Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878), and reports of
much larger A. microlepis or specimens reported from the South Pacific likely pertain to A. rostrata.
Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862. Dainty Mora, Slender Cod, or Slender Codling. To 56 cm (22 in) TL
(Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990). Atlantic and Pacific; Japan (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984) and Sea of
Okhotsk to northwestern Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), eastern Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska
(Hoff 2002) to central California (35°13'N, 121°41'W; Logan et al. 1993) and Chile (Kong and Melendez
1991). Mesopelagic to bathypelagic and benthopelagic, at depths of 500–1,967 m (1,640–6,453 ft) (min.:
M. L., unpubl. data; max.: Moore et al. 2003).
Laemonema longipes Schmidt, 1938. Longfin Codling or Threadfin Hakeling. To about 70 cm (27.6 in)
TL (Savin 1993). North Pacific off southern Japan (not in Japan Sea) to Okhotsk Sea, Kuril Islands
(Savin 1993), and southeastern Kamchatka (Orlov 1998) to northern Bering Sea and southeast along
continental slope to Aleutian Islands (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Possibly reaching the Gulf of Alaska on
feeding migrations (Savin 1993), but records documenting presence there are lacking (Mecklenburg et
al. 2002). Benthopelagic, at depths of 102–2,025 m (335–6,644 ft) (min.: ZIN 41725; max.: Dudnik and
Dolganov 1992).
*Laemonema verecundum (Jordan & Cramer, 1897). Bighead Mora. To 11 cm (4.3 in) TL (Paulin in Fischer
et al. 1995). Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (Paulin in Fischer et al. 1995) to about 15°N and
Isla Clarión, Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico (Ambrose in Moser 1996). Mesopelagic (Paulin in Fischer et al.
1995). Recently as Microlepedium verecunda.
*Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov, 1936. Northern Gray Hakeling. To 101.2 cm (39.8 in) TL (Nakaya et al.
1980). Atlantic and Pacific; Emperor Seamounts, Pacific off southern Japan, and Okhotsk Sea (Nakaya et
al. 1980) to western Bering Sea off Commander Islands (Sheiko and Tranbenkova 1998). Benthopelagic
at depths of 315–1,520 m (1,033–4,987 ft) (min.: Dudnik and Dolganov 1992; max.: Sawada in Amaoka
et al. 1983). Additional citations in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Physiculus nematopus Gilbert, 1890. Charcoal Codling. To 29 cm (11.4 in) TL (McCosker et al. 1997).
Central Baja California (Paulin 1989) to Paita, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including southern
Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002) and Islas Galápagos (McCosker et al. 1997). Surface to
1,270 m (4,167 ft) (min.: Paulin 1989; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).
Physiculus rastrelliger Gilbert, 1890. Hundred-fathom Codling. To 20.3 cm (8 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972).
Eureka, northern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998). At
depths of 128–518 m (420–1,700 ft; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Physiculus talarae Hildebrand & Barton, 1949. Peruvian Codling. To 25 cm (9.8 in) TL (Paulin in Fischer et
al. 1995). Central Baja California to Peru, not in Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002). Surface
to 330 m (1,083 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Zeballos et al. 1998).
Family Melanonidae — Pelagic Cods
Melanonus zugmayeri Norman, 1930. Arrowtail, Black Pelagic Cod, or Coalfish. To 29.4 cm (11.6 in) TL
(Henriques et al. 2001). Circumglobal; Pacific off Honshu, Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); near Alaska
off Dixon Entrance, northern British Columbia (G. E. Gillespie, pers. comm. to C. W. M.), southern
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