Deep sea cod
| Deep sea cod | ||||||||||||
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Melanonus gracilis |
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| Melanonidae | ||||||||||||
| Goode & Bean , 1896 | ||||||||||||
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| Melanonus | ||||||||||||
| Günther , 1878 |
The deep sea or black cod ( Melanonus ) are the only genus within the family of the same name and belong to the order of cod-like fish (Gadiformes). These are small, 18 to 28 centimeters long fish that live meso- and bathypelagic (at depths of 150 to 3000 meters).
features
Deep sea cod have an elongated first dorsal fin that is supported by 67 to 81 soft fin rays. The anal fin is also long, with 50 to 61 rays. The small second dorsal fin has grown together with the small caudal fin that ends in a point. There are no barbels . The color of the fish is dark brown.
There are only two types:
- Melanonus gracilis Günther, 1878 , lives in the Southern Ocean .
- Melanonus zugmayeri Norman, 1930 , lives in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans .
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World . 4th ed. John Wiley, New York 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
Web links
Commons : Big Sea Cod ( Melanonus ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Deep sea cod on Fishbase.org (English)