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Spotted codlet

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Spotted codlet
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Bregmacerotidae
Genus: Bregmaceros
Species:
B. mcclellandi
Binomial name
Bregmaceros mcclellandi

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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bregmaceros mcclellandi". 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