Slender codling

Slender codling

Taxobox
name = Slender codling


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gadiformes
familia = Moridae
genus = "Halargyreus"
species = "H. johnsonii"
binomial = "Halargyreus johnsonii"
binomial_authority = Günther, 1862The slender codling or slender cod, "Halargyreus johnsonii", is a morid cod, the only species in the genus "Halargyreus". It is found in all oceans, at depths of between 450 and 3,000 m, and grows to between 15 and 55 cm.

The slender codling is a small slender deepwater species with twin anal and dorsal fins, but no chin barbel or photophores.

Body colour is generally pale grey on the back with a white belly and darker pigment around the eyes.

Food consists of free-living small animals, such as crustaceans and squids.

References

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* Tony Ayling & 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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