Small-headed cod

The second common name highlights the fact that its first dorsal fin is made up of long filamentous rays.

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The Small-headed cod lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range 750 - 1000 m environment.

The small-headed cod (Lepidion microcephalus) is a deepwater fish belonging to the morid cods family (Moridae), and related to the true cods (genus Gadus). It is also known as the long-finned cod. The descriptive alias highlights its long upper fin. More

* Small-headed cod Lepidion microcephalus * Tadpole cod Guttigadus globosus Some fish have common names derived from "cod", such as codling, codlet or tomcod. ("Codling" is also used as a name for a young cod. More

The small-headed cod or long-finned cod, Lepidion microcephalus, is a deepwater fish belonging to the morid cod family (Moridae), and related to the true cods (genus Gadus). More

★ Small-headed cod ''Lepidion microcephalus'' ★ Tadpole cod ''Guttigadus globosus'' ★ Eucla cod ''Euclichthys polynemus'' Some other related fish have common names derived from "cod", such as codling, codlet or tomcod. More

* Small-headed cod or Long-finned cod, Lepidion microcephalus Cowper, 1956. * Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist, 1922. * Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov, 1936. More

Small-headed Cod Lepidion microcephalus. Tadpole Cod Guttigadus globosus ... www.vindia.info 5 FIES for CBNMS, GFNMS & MBNMS JMPR 9/19/08 - Appendix C APPENDIX C. BIOLOGY TABLES. Appendix C. Biology Tables. Table ... Gadus microcephalus. D? Jan-Dec. Feb-Oct. More

Common names

Long-finned cod in English
Small headed cod in English
Small-headed cod in English
Smallhead cod in English
小头雅鳕 in Mandarin Chinese
小头雅鳕 in Unknown
小頭雅鱈 in Mandarin Chinese
小頭雅鱈 in Unknown

Order : Gadiformes
Family : Moridae
Genus : Lepidion
Species : Lepidion microcephalus
Authority : Cowper, 1956