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Moridae (Morid cods)
Etymology: Guttigadus: Latin, gutta, drop, gum + Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335); nudirostris: Specific name refers to its bare snout (Ref. 33014).
Issue
Provisionally accepted species. Incertae sedis; probably a junior synonym of Guttigadus kongi (Ref. 31160).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 500 - 800 m (Ref. 33014). Deep-water
Southeast Atlantic: known only from the Discovery Seamount. High Seas only.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33014)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67 - 80; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 63 - 70; Vertebrae: 53. Cinnamon brown with brownish tinge; walls of anterior mouth and gill cavities, gill filaments, and pyloric caeca light, inner region of mouth and gill cavities (toward throat and bases of gill arches) darkish blue (Ref. 31160).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Trunov, I.A., 1990. Fishes of the family Moridae from the southeast Atlantic (Paralaemonema gen. et spp. n.). J. Ichthyol. 30(2):76-86. (Ref. 33014)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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