Guttigadus kongi
Guttigadus kongi, the Austral cod, 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 in the Southeast Atlantic Ocean off the southwestern coast of Africa.[1]
| Guttigadus kongi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Guttigadus |
| Species: | G. kongi |
| Binomial name | |
| Guttigadus kongi (Markle & Meléndez C., 1988) | |
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Size
This species reaches a length of 15.3 cm (6.0 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Ismael Kong Urbina (1942-2008), of the University of Antofagasta in Chile, who was the collector of the type material.[3]
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Guttigadus kongi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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