Moridae

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; PD1: 24.6; PD2: 28.8; LD1: 3.4; LD2: 58.5; PA: 29.7; LA: 58.5; LP: 15.3; LV: 22.0; H: 22.0; D1: 5; D2: 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 Atlantic, from Iceland and Faeroes to Cape Bojador, West Africa, and including Azores Islands and Madeira archipelago. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase).

Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810) —Mediterranean codling

41,585 specimens were caught at depths between 709 and 1,323 m. Length data were available for 3,196 specimens ranging from 11 to 53 cm TL (26±5.2). Following a recent revision of the genus, the Atlantic L. eques has been proposed as a junior synonym of the Mediterranean L. lepidion (Bañón et al. 2013b). Habitat and Distribution: benthopelagic, depth range 127–1,880 m, usually 500– 900 m. North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: LC (IUCN), MHV (FishBase).

Lepidion guentheri (Giglioli, 1880) —No common name (Fig. 17)

One specimen was caught at a depth of 1,536 m. Biometry and meristic: 697 mm TL; 632 mm SL; HL: 22.2; PO: 5.7; POL: 12.3; ED: 4.1; IOW: 5.1; PD1:25.3; PD2: 29.3; LD1: 2.5; LD2: 62.8; PA: 48.3; LA: 62.8, PV: 19.3; PP: 24.4; LP: 13.9; LV: 30.4; H: 23.1; 1D: 5; 2D: 56; P: 21; V: 6; A:50; Gr: 6+16. Habitat and Distribution: benthopelagic between 750 and 2,196 m depth. Northeastern Atlantic, western coast of Ireland, western and northern coasts of Spain, northern coast of Portugal, the Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, mid-Atlantic Ridge, and western Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HHV (FishBase).

Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878) —Blue antimora

One specimen of 16 cm TL was caught at a depth of 1,750 m. Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic at depth range 350–3,000 m, usually 1,300–2,500 m. Circumglobal, except North Pacific. In the eastern Atlantic, from Iceland to South Africa. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HHV (FishBase).