| Common mora | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Mora A. Risso, 1827 |
| Species: | M. moro
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| Binomial name | |
| Mora moro (A. Risso, 1810)
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Mora moro, the common mora, is a deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora. It is found worldwide in temperate seas, at depths of between 300 and 2,500 m. Its length is up to about 80 cm. Other names in English include goodly-eyed cod, googly-eyed cod, and ribaldo.
In the month-long NORFANZ Expedition of 2003 which was examining the biodiversity of the seamounts and slopes of the Norfolk Ridge, 594 specimens averaging 1.25 kg (2.6 lb) were collected from 24 locations.[2]
This large-eyed, generally gray species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.[3]
References
- ^ Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Mora moro". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198602A15577323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198602A15577323.en.
- ^ NORFANZ Voyage Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ "FAO Catches List". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Mora moro" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- 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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