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Fat Headed Cod

Guttigadus globiceps (Gilchrist 1906)

Diagnostic Description

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Body low and slender, covered by small, deciduous scales ending in a small, thin caudal peduncle; second ray of the dorsal fin long 25.5-50.7% SL; gill rakers 10-13+22-30=33-43 (Ref. 31160).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 69 - 84; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 60 - 74; Vertebrae: 55 - 62
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Biology

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A benthic species found on the continental slopes (Ref. 7300, 75154).
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Guttigadus globiceps

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The Fat-headed cod, Guttigadus globiceps, is a cod is a member of the family Moridae, the morid cods, related to the true cods (of genus Gadus, family Gadidae). It is found worldside.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 14.0 cm (5.5 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ Meléndez, C., R. and D.F. Markle, 1997. Phylogeny and zoogeography of Laemonema and Guttigadus (Pisces: Gadiformes: Moridae). Bull. Mar. Sci. 61(3):593-670.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Guttigadus globiceps" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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Guttigadus globiceps: Brief Summary

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The Fat-headed cod, Guttigadus globiceps, is a cod is a member of the family Moridae, the morid cods, related to the true cods (of genus Gadus, family Gadidae). It is found worldside.

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Reference

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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