dainty mora

Halargyreus johnsonii

Morid Fish beneath the Atlantic Ocean

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
North America
Polar regions
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Large

dainty mora is a marine fish found around Spotty records from the subarctic and subantarctic to temperate. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 56 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Halargyreus
Maximum length: 56 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Spotty records from the subarctic and subantarctic to temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean. South Atlantic: along the coast of Africa, on Walvis Ridge, near Discovery and Meteor seamounts and on the continental slope of Antarctica (Ref. 44938 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). North Pacific: northwestern Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean south of the Gulf of Alaska to California and to Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.

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