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Moridae
Tadpole codling
Salilota australis
Fifty Centimeters Morid Fish from the Pacific Ocean
Salilota australis, the Patagonian cod or tadpole codling, is a species of morid cod found in the waters around the southern tip of South America and the Falkland Islands. It occurs at depths from 30 to 1,000 m (98 to 3,281 ft) and is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species grows to 50 cm (20 in) in total length.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cods and Hakes
- Family
- Moridae
- Genus
- Salilota
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Patagonian region of Chile and Argentina, including the Falkland Islands and the Strait of Magellan.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient

