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FAMILY Moreau, 1881 - morid codlings, hakelings, moras [=Morini, Eretmophoridae, Tripterophycidae] Notes: Morini Moreau, 1881:v.3 247 [ref. 3040] (subfamily) Mora Eretmophoridae Jordan, 1923a:164 [ref. 2421] (family) Eretmophorus Tripterophycidae Whitley, 1948a:79 [ref. 4710] (family) Tripterophycis

GENUS Gunther, 1878 - morid cods [=Antimora (subgenus of Haloporphyrus) Günther [A.], 1878:18] Notes: [ref. 2010]. Fem. Haloporphyrus (Antimora) rostratus Günther, 1878. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Antimora Günther, 1878 -- (Cohen 1973:322 [ref. 6589], Small 1981 [ref. 5546], Paulin 1983:110 [ref. 5459], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:90 [ref. 6441], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:713 [ref. 13676], Cohen 1986:326 [ref. 5646], Paxton et al. 1989:298 [ref. 12442], Chiu et al. 1990:183 [ref. 21687], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:352 [ref. 18936], Miller 1993:555 [ref. 21297], Gomon et al. 1994:325 [ref. 22532], Iwamoto 1999:1996 [ref. 24761], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:280 [ref. 25968], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:997 [ref. 27011], Paxton et al. 2006:609 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:303 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Antimora Günther, 1878. Moridae.

Species Antimora microlepis Bean, 1890 - finescale mora [=Antimora microlepis Bean [T. H.], 1890:38] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 795); ref. 229] Off Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada [Northeastern Pacific], 51°23'N, 130°34'W, Albatross station 2860, depth 876 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Antimora microlepis Bean, 1890. Moridae. Distribution: North Pacific: Japan to Hawaiian Islands, Aleutians and Gulf of California. Habitat: marine.

Species Antimora rostrata (Gunther, 1878) - [=Haloporphyrus rostratus Günther [A.], 1878:18 [2], Antimora australis Barnard [K. H.], 1925:499, Antimora meadi Pequeño [G.], 1970:14, Fig. 1, Antimora rhina Garman [S.], 1899:185, Haloporphyrus viola Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.], 1879:257] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Midway between Cape of Good Hope and Kerguelen Island; east of Río de la Plata mouth, depth 600 and 1375 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Distribution: Circumglobal, except North Pacific. Habitat: marine. (australis) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 56); ref. 12730] Off Cape Point, South Africa, depth 475-900 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (meadi) [Noticiaro mensual. Museo Nacional de Histoire Natural (Chile) No. 173; ref. 7740] Off Chile, 34°6'S, 72°26'W to 34°12'S, 72°25'W, depth 1400-1475 meters. Current status: Synonym of Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (rhina) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Gulf of Panama, 7°6'15"N, 80°34'W, Albatross station 3353, depth 695 fathoms; 7°15'N, 79°36'W, station 3393, depth 1020 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (viola) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 1 (no. 40); ref. 18131] Outer edge of Le Have Bank, northwestern Atlantic, depth 400-500 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Auchenoceros Gunther, 1889 - morid cods [=Auchenoceros Günther [A.], 1889:24, Calloptilum Hutton [F. W.], 1873:266] Notes: [ref. 2017]. Masc. Calloptilum punctatum Hutton, 1873. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Calloptilum Hutton 1873, preoccupied by Calloptilus Richardson, 1845 in . •Valid as Auchenoceros Günther, 1889 -- (Paulin 1983:103 [ref. 5459], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:355 [ref. 18936]). Current status: Valid as Auchenoceros Günther, 1889. Moridae. (Calloptilum) [ref. 2285]. Neut. Calloptilum punctatum Hutton, 1873. Type by monotypy. Described as new by Hutton, although he stated, "This genus comes next to Bregmaceros, Thompson, afterwards called Calloptilum by Sir J. Richardson, which name I have now adopted for the present genus." Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Calloptilum Richardson, 1845 in recent fishes; replaced by Auchenoceros Günther, 1889. •Synonym of Auchenoceros Günther, 1889 -- (Paulin 1983:103 [ref. 5459]). Current status: Synonym of Auchenoceros Günther, 1889. Moridae. Species Auchenoceros punctatus (Hutton, 1873) - ahuru [=Calloptilum punctatum Hutton [F. W.], 1873:267, Pl. 11 (fig. 76a)] Notes: [Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute v. 5 (art. 28); ref. 2285] Cape Campbell, New Zealand. Current status: Valid as Auchenoceros punctatus (Hutton, 1873). Moridae. Distribution: New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Eeyorius Paulin, 1986 - codlings [=Eeyorius Paulin [C. D.], 1986:201] Notes: [ref. 5327]. Masc. Eeyorius hutchinsi Paulin, 1986. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Eeyorius Paulin, 1986 -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:357 [ref. 18936], Gomon et al. 1994:326 [ref. 22532], Paxton et al. 2006:609 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:304 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Eeyorius Paulin, 1986. Moridae.

Species Eeyorius hutchinsi Paulin, 1986 - Tasmanian codling [=Eeyorius hutchinsi Paulin [C. D.], 1986:204, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria v. 47 (no. 2); ref. 5327] Port Phillip Bay, 38°09'S, 144°52'E, Victoria, Australia. Current status: Valid as Eeyorius hutchinsi Paulin, 1986. Moridae. Distribution: Southern Australia. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Eretmophorus Giglioli, 1889 - morid cods [=Eretmophorus Giglioli [E. H.], 1889:328, Pharopteryx Rüppell [W. P. E. S.], 1852:16] Notes: [ref. 1621]. Masc. Eretmophorus kleinenbergi Giglioli, 1889. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Eretmophorus Giglioli, 1889 -- (Cohen 1973:322 [ref. 6589], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:714 [ref. 13676]). •Status uncertain (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:347, footnote [ref. 18936]). Current status: Valid as Eretmophorus Giglioli, 1889. Moridae. (Pharopteryx) [ref. 3846]. Fem. Pharopteryx benoit Rüppell, 1852. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bonaparte 1846:68 [ref. 519]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Pharopteryx Rüppell, 1828 in fishes, not replaced. On Official Index as a junior homonym (Opinion 1082). •In the synonymy of Eretmophorus Giglioli, 1889 -- (Cohen 1973:322 [ref. 6589]). Current status: Synonym of Eretmophorus Giglioli, 1889. Moridae.

Species Eretmophorus kleinenbergi Giglioli, 1889 - Kleinenberg's morid (author) [=Eretmophorus kleinenbergi Giglioli [E. H.], 1889:328, Pl. 34, Pharopteryx benoit Rüppell [W. P. E. S.], 1852:16, Gastronemus benoiti Cocco [A.], 1846:749] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889 (pt 3); ref. 1621] Mouth of harbor of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Valid as Eretmophorus kleinenbergi Giglioli, 1889. Moridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (benoit) [Fische und deren Skelette; ref. 3846] Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Eretmophorus kleinenbergi Giglioli, 1889. Moridae. Habitat: marine. (benoiti) [Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano Settima Riunione, Napoli 1845; ref. 26444] Current status: Synonym of Eretmophorus kleinenbergi Giglioli, 1889. Moridae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Lowe, 1843 - codlings [=Gadella Lowe [R. T.], 1843:91, Brosmiculus Vaillant [L. L.], 1888:292, Leptophycis Garman [S.], 1899:182, Uraleptus Costa [O. G.], 1846:39] Notes: [ref. 2832]. Fem. Gadella gracilis Lowe, 1843. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Gadella Lowe, 1843 -- (Cohen 1973:323 [ref. 6589], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:715 [ref. 13676], Paulin 1989:95 [ref. 9297], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:358 [ref. 18936], Paulin & Roberts 1997:20 [ref. 23231], Long & McCosker 1998:1 [ref. 23349], Iwamoto 1999:1996 [ref. 24761], Sazonov & Shcherbachev 2000:S64 [ref. 25772], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:997 [ref. 27011], Paxton et al. 2006:609 [ref. 28995], Ruiz-Pico et al. 2012:263 [ref. 32363]). Current status: Valid as Gadella Lowe, 1843. Moridae. (Brosmiculus) [ref. 4496]. Masc. Brosmiculus imberbis Vaillant, 1888. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Brosmiculus Vaillant, 1888 -- (Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653]). •Synonym of Gadella Lowe, 1843 -- (Paulin 1989:95 [ref. 9297]). Current status: Synonym of Gadella Lowe, 1843. Moridae. (Leptophycis) [ref. 1540]. Fem. Leptophycis filifer Garman, 1899. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gadella Lowe, 1843 -- (Paulin 1989:95 [ref. 9297]). Current status: Synonym of Gadella Lowe, 1843. Moridae. (Uraleptus) [ref. 976]. Masc. maraldi Risso, 1810. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gadella Lowe, 1843 -- (Cohen 1973:323 [ref. 6589], Paulin 1989:95 [ref. 9297]). Current status: Synonym of Gadella Lowe, 1843. Moridae.

Species Gadella brocca Paulin & Roberts, 1997 - brocca cod (author) [=Gadella brocca Paulin [C. D.] & Roberts [C. D.], 1997:20, Fig. 2] Notes: [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie v. 174; ref. 23231] Norfolk Ridge, Stylaster seamount, southeast of New Caledonia, 23°37.5'S, 167°42.1'E, depth 425-500 meters. Current status: Valid as Gadella brocca Paulin & Roberts, 1997. Moridae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Gadella dancoheni Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 2000 - Socotra codling (author) [=Gadella dancoheni Sazonov [Yu. I.] & Shcherbachev [Yu. N.], 2000:S67, Fig. 1] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 40 (Suppl. 1); ref. 25772] Socotra area, Yemen, Arabian Sea, 12°14'N, 53°06'E, depth 420-398 meters. Current status: Valid as Gadella dancoheni Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 2000. Moridae. Distribution: Arabian Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Gadella edelmanni (Brauer, 1906) - Edelmann's codling (author) [=Physiculus edelmanni Brauer [A.], 1906:274, Pl. 12 (fig. 6), Physiculus inbarbatus Kamohara [T.], 1952:94, Fig. 92] Notes: [Die Tiefsee-Fische v. 15; ref. 632] Indian Ocean off East Africa, 1°40'S, 41°47'E, Valdivia station 251, depth 693 meters. Current status: Valid as Gadella edelmanni (Brauer, 1906). Moridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. (inbarbatus) [Research Reports of the Kôchi University, (Ser.) Natural Science. No. 3; ref. 12778] Mimase market, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Gadella edelmanni (Brauer, 1906). Moridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

Species Gadella filifer (Garman, 1899) - Garman's Eastern Pacific codling (author) [=Leptophycis filifer Garman [S.], 1899:182, Pl. 41 (figs. 2-2a)] Notes: [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] East of Galápagos Islands, 1°03'N, 89°28'W, Albatross station 3404, depth 385 fathoms; 0°19'N, 90°34'W, station 3410, depth 331 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Gadella filifer (Garman, 1899). Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Gadella imberbis (Vaillant, 1888) - beardless codling [=Brosmiculus imberbis Vaillant [L. L.], 1888:293, Pl. 25 (fig. 4)] Notes: [Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman"; ref. 4496] Off Cape Verde Islands, 16°53'N, 25°10"W, depth 410-460 meters. Current status: Valid as Gadella imberbis (Vaillant, 1888). Moridae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Gadella jordani (Bohlke & Mead, 1951) - Jordan's cod [=Physiculus jordani Böhlke [J. E.] & Mead [G. W.], 1951:27, Gadella norops Paulin [C. D.], 1987:75] Notes: [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 12885] Off Tsurugi Saki Light, Honshu Island, Japan, Albatross station 3695, depth 110-259 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead, 1951). Moridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine. (norops) [Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 17720] 220 kilometers northwest of Port Hedland, Western Australia, 18°41'S, 116°46'E, depth 506-508 meters. Current status: Synonym of Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead, 1951). Moridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Gadella macrura Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 2000 - longtail cod [=Gadella macrura Sazonov [Yu. I.] & Shcherbachev [Yu. N.], 2000:S68, Fig.] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 40 (Suppl. 1); ref. 25772] Mozambique Ridge, Mozambique, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Gadella macrura Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 2000. Moridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species (Risso, 1810) - gadella [=Gadus maraldi Risso [A.], 1810:123, Pl. 6 (fig. 13), Merlucius ambiguus Lowe [R. T.], 1841:37, Merlucius attenuatus Cocco [A.], 1829:139, Gadus gracilis Lowe [R. T.], 1843:91, Merluccius uraleptus Costa [O. G.], 1849:Gadoides p. 171, Pls. 1-3] Notes: [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Valid as Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal and Madeira to Azores. Habitat: marine. (ambiguus) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840 (pt. 8, no. 89); ref. 2830] Madeira. Current status: Synonym of Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (attenuatus) [Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77); ref. 857] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (gracilis) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1843 (pt 11); ref. 2832] Off Madeira. Current status: Synonym of Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (uraleptus) [Atti dell'accademia Pontaniana, Napoli v. 5 (fasc. 3); ref. 18043] Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine. Species Gadella molokaiensis Paulin, 1989 - Molokai codling (author) [=Gadella molokaiensis Paulin [C. D.], 1989:100, Figs. 3, 5] Notes: [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 16; ref. 9297] Mamala Bay, off Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 1200 feet. Current status: Valid as Gadella molokaiensis Paulin, 1989. Moridae. Distribution: Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Gadella obscurus (Parin, 1984) - Nazca codling (author) [=Physiculus obscurus Parin [N. V.], 1984:539 [54], Fig 2c, 4] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 24 (no. 4); ref. 16267] Nazca Ridge, 25°45'S, 85°22'W, depth 175-240 meters. Current status: Valid as Gadella obscurus (Parin, 1984). Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Gadella svetovidovi Trunov, 1992 - Svetovidov's codling (author) [=Gadella svetovidovi Trunov [I. A.], 1992:15 [40], Fig.] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 32 (no. 1); ref. 20771] Walvis Ridge, 24°53'S, 6°25'E, southeastern Atlantic, depth 560 meters. Current status: Valid as Gadella svetovidovi Trunov, 1992. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Gadella thysthlon Long & McCosker, 1998 - Galapagos codling (author) [=Gadella thysthlon Long [D. J.] & McCosker [J. E.], 1998:1, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 45 (no. 1); ref. 23349] Off Cabo Hammond, 00°28'S, 91°37'W, Isla Fernandina, Galápagos Islands, depth 570 meters. Current status: Valid as Gadella thysthlon Long & McCosker, 1998. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Galápagos Islands. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Taki, 1953 - morid cods [=Guttigadus (subgenus of ) Taki [I.], 1953:205, 209, Momonatira Paulin [C. D.], 1986:357, Paralaemonema Trunov [I. A.], 1990:192] Notes: [ref. 4314]. Masc. Laemonema (Guttigadus) nana Taki, 1953. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862 -- (authors). •Valid as Guttigadus Taki, 1953 -- (Meléndez C. & Markle 1997:652 [ref. 23369], Paxton et al. 2006:610 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:305 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Guttigadus Taki, 1953. Moridae. (Momonatira) [ref. 5326]. Masc. Momonatira globosus Paulin, 1986. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Momonatira Paulin, 1986 -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:368 [ref. 18936]). •Synonym of Guttigadus Taki, 1953 -- (Meléndez C. & Markle 1997:652 [ref. 23369]). Current status: Synonym of Guttigadus Taki, 1953. Moridae. (Paralaemonema) [ref. 20187]. Neut. Paralaemonema nudirostre Trunov, 1990. Type by original designation. Type species misspelled nudirostetira on p. 192. •Valid as Paralaemonema Trunov, 1990 -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:347, footnote [ref. 18936], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:ix [ref. 21953]). •Synonym of Guttigadus Taki, 1953 -- (Meléndez C. & Markle 1997:652 [ref. 23369]). Current status: Synonym of Guttigadus Taki, 1953. Moridae.

Species Guttigadus globiceps (Gilchrist, 1906) - fatheaded cod [=Laemonema globiceps Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1906:157, Pl. 43, Laemonema multiradiatum Thompson [W. F.], 1916:469, Pl. 4 (fig. 3)] Notes: [Marine Investigations in South Africa. v. 4; ref. 1647] Off Cape Point, South Africa, depth 460-800 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Guttigadus globiceps (Gilchrist, 1906). Moridae. Distribution: Circumglobal in Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine. (multiradiatum) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 50 (no. 2133); ref. 4391] Off Lota, Chile, 38°08'S, 75°53'W, Albatross station 2791, depth 677 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Guttigadus globiceps (Gilchrist, 1906). Moridae. Habitat: marine. Species Guttigadus globosus (Paulin, 1986) - tadpole cod [=Momonatira globosus Paulin [C. D.], 1986:360, Fig. 3, Momonatira paulini Trunov [I. A.], 1989:183 [95], Fig. 3] Notes: [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 12 (no. 3) [1985]; ref. 5326] South Canterbury Bight, New Zealand, 44°49.8-40.2'S, 172°48.5-50.1'E, depth 1180-1184 meters. Current status: Valid as Guttigadus globosus (Paulin, 1986). Moridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific and South Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (paulini) [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 16286] Southeastern Atlantic, 41°52'S, 0°03'W, depth 1130 meters. Current status: Synonym of Guttigadus globosus (Paulin, 1986). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Guttigadus kongi (Markle & Melendez C., 1988) - austral cod [=Laemonema kongi Markle [D. F.] & Meléndez C. [R.], 1988:872, Figs. 2-3] Notes: [Copeia 1988 (no. 4); ref. 9283] Off Chile, 34°51'S, 72°36'W, depth 690 meters. Current status: Valid as Guttigadus kongi (Markle & Meléndez C., 1988). Moridae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

Species Guttigadus latifrons (Holt & Byrne, 1908) - Holt's guttigadus (author) [=Laemonema latifrons Holt [E. W. L.] & Byrne [L. W.], 1908:87, Fig.] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 14321] Off southwestern Ireland, 51°35'N, 11°55'W, depth 720 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Guttigadus latifrons (Holt & Byrne, 1908). Moridae. Distribution: Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Guttigadus nana (Taki, 1953) - nana codling (author) [=Laemonema (Guttigadus) nana Taki [I.], 1953:205, Fig. 7; Pl. 1 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University Series B Division 1 (Zoology) v. 14; ref. 4314] Ategi-jima near the Marine Biological Station, depth 25-35 meters. Current status: Valid as Guttigadus nana (Taki, 1953). Moridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Guttigadus nudicephalus (Trunov, 1990) - Whale Ridge guttigadus (author) [=Paralaemonema nudicephalum Trunov [I. A.], 1990:196 [81], Fig. 3] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 30 (no. 2); ref. 20187] Whale Ridge, southeastern Atlantic, 24°54'S, 6°25'E, depth 630-680 meters. Current status: Valid as Guttigadus nudicephalus (Trunov, 1990). Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Guttigadus nudirostris (Trunov, 1990) - Trunov's Southeastern Atlantic guttigadus (author) [=Paralaemonema nudirostre Trunov [I. A.], 1990:193 [77], Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 30 (no. 2); ref. 20187] Southeastern Atlantic, 42°05'S, 1°21'E, depth 800 meters. Current status: Valid as Guttigadus nudirostris (Trunov, 1990). Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Guttigadus squamirostris (Trunov, 1990) - squamirostre cod (author) [=Paralaemonema squamirostre Trunov [I. A.], 1990:197 [83], Fig. 4] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 30 (no. 2); ref. 20187] Southeastern Atlantic, off southwestern South Africa, 31°20'S, 15°51'E, depth 517 meters. Current status: Valid as Guttigadus squamirostris (Trunov, 1990). Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Halargyreus Gunther, 1862 - codlings [=Halargyreus Günther [A.], 1862:342] Notes: [ref. 1969]. Masc. Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Halargyreus Günther, 1862 -- (Cohen 1973:323 [ref. 6589], Cohen 1974 [ref. 7137], Paulin 1983:108 [ref. 5459], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:90 [ref. 6441], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:716 [ref. 13676], Paxton et al. 1989:299 [ref. 12442], Chiu et al. 1990:184 [ref. 21687], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:360 [ref. 18936], Miller 1993:557 [ref. 21297], Gomon et al. 1994:327 [ref. 22532], Hoff 2002:65 [ref. 31794], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:280 [ref. 25968], Paxton et al. 2006:611 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:306 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Halargyreus Günther, 1862. Moridae.

Species Halargyreus johnsonii Gunther, 1862 - [=Halargyreus johnsonii Günther [A.], 1862:342, Halagyreus affinis Collett [R.], 1904:6, Halagyreus brevipes Vaillant [L. L.], 1888:295, Pl. 25 (fig. 5)] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Madeira (stomach content). Current status: Valid as Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862. Moridae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine. (affinis) [Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (for 1904) No. 9; ref. 9338] Faroe Bank, depth 750-1300 meters. Current status: Synonym of Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862. Moridae. Habitat: marine. (brevipes) [Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman"; ref. 4496] Off Morocco, depth 1319 meters. Current status: Synonym of Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862. Moridae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Laemonema Gunther, in Johnson, 1862 - morid cods [=Laemonema Günther [A.], in Johnson, 1862:171, Gargilius Jensen [A. S.], in Koefoed, 1953:11, Laemonemodes Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1903:208, Microlepidium Garman [S.], 1899:180, Podonema Rass [T. S.], 1954:57, Podonematichthys Whitley [G. P.], 1965:25] Notes: [ref. 2357]. Neut. Laemonema robustum Johnson, 1862. Apparently first in Johnson (Sept.) 1862:171, attributed to Günther MS (published Nov. 1862:356 [ref. 1969]), with L. robustum the only included species, so type by monotypy even though that species not intended by Günther as type. •Valid as Laemonema Günther, 1862 -- (Paulin 1983:113 [ref. 5459], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:91 [ref. 6441], Cohen 1986:326 [ref. 5646], Markle & Meléndez C. 1988 [ref. 9283], Paxton et al. 1989:299 [ref. 12442], Chiu et al. 1990:185 [ref. 21687], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:361 [ref. 18936], Gomon et al. 1994:328 [ref. 22532], Paulin & Roberts 1997:24 [ref. 23231], Meléndez C. & Markle 1997:624 [ref. 23369], Iwamoto 1999:1996 [ref. 24761], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:280 [ref. 25968], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:997 [ref. 27011], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:611 [ref. 28995], González et al. 2008:175 [ref. 29991]). Current status: Valid as Laemonema Günther, 1862. Moridae. (Gargilius) [ref. 6486]. Masc. Gargilius lucullus Jensen, 1953. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Cohen 1973:326 [ref. 6589], but that designation invalid as genus established after 1930 without type fixation. Appeared first without description in Jensen in Schmidt 1906:177 and Holt & Byrne 1908:58 [ref. 6487]. Preccupied by Gargilius Faimaire, 1891 in Insecta, replaced by Svetovidovia Cohen, 1973, but since Gargilius was not available it cannot be replaced; Svetovidovia stands on its own with type by original designation (also monotypic). •Questionably a synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862 -- (Meléndez C. & Markle 1997:624 [ref. 23369]). •Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862 -- (Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862. Moridae. (Laemonemodes) [ref. 1645]. Masc. Laemonemodes compressicauda Gilchrist, 1903. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Laemonemodus by Jordan 1920:503 [ref. 4905] and 1923:164 [ref. 2421]. •Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862 -- (Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862. Moridae. (Microlepidium) [ref. 1540]. Neut. verecundum Jordan & Cramer, 1897. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation not researched, above as given by Jordan; second included species is M. grandiceps Garman, 1899. •Valid as Microlepidum Garman, 1899 -- (Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653]). •Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862 -- (Meléndez C. & Markle 1997:624 [ref. 23369], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862. Moridae. (Podonema) [ref. 3609]. Neut. Laemonema longipes Schmidt, 1938. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Podonema Solier, in Gay, 1851 in Coleoptera and by Stimpson 1860 in Crustacea, replaced by Podonematichthys Whitley, 1965. •Objective synonym of Podonematichthys Whitley, 1965. •In the synonymy of Laemonema Günther, 1862 -- (Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862. Moridae. (Podonematichthys) [ref. 4733]. Masc. Laemonema longipes Schmidt, 1938. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Podonema Rass, 1954, preoccupied by Podonema Solier, in Gay, 1851 in Coleoptera and by Stimpson 1860 in Crustacea. •Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862 based on placement of the type species. Current status: Synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862. Moridae.

Species Goode & Bean, 1883 - shortbeard codling [=Laemonema barbatula Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.], 1883:204, Lotella maxillaris Bean [T. H.], 1884:241, Gargilius vitellius Koefoed [E.], 1953:11] Notes: [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 10 (no. 5); ref. 1838] Atlantic, 32-38°N, 73-78°W, Blake station 321, 315 and 316, depth 225-312 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Laemonema barbatulum Goode & Bean, 1883. Moridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (maxillaris) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 429); ref. 16016] East of New Jersey, U.S.A., 39°55'N, 70°28'W, depth 396 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Laemonema barbatulum Goode & Bean, 1883. Moridae. Habitat: marine. (vitellius) [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 4 (pt 2, no. 3); ref. 6486] North Atlantic, 40°17'N, 50°39'W, station 67, 2200 meters wire out. Current status: Synonym of Laemonema barbatulum Goode & Bean, 1883. Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema compressicauda (Gilchrist, 1903) - Banshee codling (author) [=Laemonemodes compressicauda Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1903:208, Pl. 16] Notes: [Marine Investigations in South Africa. v. 2; ref. 1645] Banshee River beacon, on east coast, bearing N 1/2 E distant 15 miles, South Africa, depth 300-400 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Laemonema compressicauda (Gilchrist, 1903). Moridae. Distribution: South Africa. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema filodorsale Okamura, in Okamura et al., 1982 - Kyushuu-Palau codling (author) [=Laemonema filodorsale Okamura [O.], in Okamura et al., 1982:133, Pl. 82] Notes: [Fishes of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge and Tosa Bay; ref. 8256] Kyushu-Palau Ridge, 27°55.1'N, 134°44.8'E, depth 685-710 meters. Current status: Valid as Laemonema filodorsale Okamura, 1982. Moridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema goodebeanorum Melendez C. & Markle, 1997 - Goode & Bean's codling (author) [=Laemonema goodebeanorum Meléndez C. [R.] & Markle [D. F.], 1997:639, Fig. 27] Notes: [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 61 (no. 3); ref. 23369] Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, 28°34'N, 86°48'W. Current status: Valid as Laemonema goodebeanorum Meléndez C. & Markle, 1997. Moridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New England to Brazil. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema gracillipes Garman, 1899 - Garman's Eastern Pacific codling (author) [=Laemonema gracillipes Garman [S.], 1899:187, Pl. 42 (figs. 1-1a)] Notes: [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Gulf of Panama to Galápagos Islands, Albatross station 3355, 3385 and 3410, depth 182-331 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Laemonema gracillipes Garman, 1899. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema laureysi Poll, 1953 - Guinean codling [=Laemonema laureysi Poll [M.], 1953:197, Fig. 84] Notes: [Résultats scientifique. Expédition océanographic belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique sud (1948-1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12713] Atlantic, 53 miles west of Ambrizette, 7°16'S, 12°02'E, depth 380-420 meters. Current status: Valid as Laemonema laureysi Poll, 1953. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema longipes Schmidt, 1938 - longfin codling [=Laemonema longipes Schmidt [P. J.], 1938:655, Laemonema morosum Matsubara [K.], 1938:61, Fig. 1, Notes: [Doklady Akademii nauk SSSR = Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences de l'URSS. v. 19 (no. 8) [1938]; ref. 3943] Okhotsk Sea, 55°42'N, 143°34'E, depth 542 m; 55°13'30"N, 146°34'E, depth 592 meters. Current status: Valid as Laemonema longipes Schmidt, 1938. Moridae. Distribution: North Pacific. Habitat: marine. (morosum) [Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 17157] Off Kinkazan, east of Ozika Peninsula, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Laemonema longipes Schmidt, 1938. Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema macronema Melendez C. & Markle, 1997 - Reunion codling (author) [=Laemonema macronema Meléndez C. [R.] & Markle [D. F.], 1997:638, Fig. 26] Notes: [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 61 (no. 3); ref. 23369] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Laemonema macronema Meléndez C. & Markle, 1997. Moridae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Réunion and Mauritius (western Mascarenes endemic). Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema melanurum Goode & Bean, 1896 - melanurum codling (author) [=Laemonema melanurum Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.], 1896:363, Pl. 90 (fig. 316)] Notes: [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Atlantic, 30°44'N, 79°26'W, Albatross station 2415, depth 440 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Laemonema melanurum Goode & Bean, 1896. Moridae. Distribution: Western North Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema modestum (Franz, 1910) - Franz's Japanese codling (author) [=Haloporphyrus modestus Franz [V.], 1910:28, Pl. 4 (fig. 13)] Notes: [Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 4 (Suppl.) (no. 1); ref. 1481] Yokohama, Japan. Current status: Valid as Laemonema modestum (Franz, 1910). Moridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema rhodochir Gilbert, 1905 - Gilbert's laemonema (author) [=Laemonema rhodochir Gilbert [C. H.], 1905:657, Fig. 255, Laemonema palauense Okamura [O.], in Okamura et al., 1982:137, Pl. 83] Notes: [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Off southern coast of Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3810, depth 53-211 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Laemonema rhodochir Gilbert, 1905. Moridae. Distribution: Pacific: Kyushu-Palau Ridge, Hawaiian Islands, Sala-y-Gomez Ridge (southeastern Pacific). Habitat: marine. (palauense) [Fishes of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge and Tosa Bay; ref. 8256] Kyushu-Palau Ridge, 28°05'N, 134°42'E, depth 550 meters. Current status: Synonym of Laemonema rhodochir Gilbert, 1905. Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema robustum Johnson, 1862 - robust mora [=Laemonema robustum Johnson [J. Y.], 1862:171] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862 (pt 2); ref. 2357] Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Current status: Valid as Laemonema robustum Johnson, 1862. Moridae. Distribution: Circumglobal.Atlantic; Pacific (including Hawaiian Ridge). Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema verecundum (Jordan & Cramer, in Gilbert, 1897) - bighead mora [=Lepidion verecundum Jordan [D. S.] & Cramer [F.], in Gilbert, 1897:456, Microlepidium grandiceps Garman [S.], 1899:181, Pls. 43 (figs. 1-5), 83 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1115); ref. 1629] Near Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Islands, off western Mexico, 18°17'15"N, 114°44'30"W, Albatross station 2993, depth 364 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Laemonema verecundum (Jordan & Cramer, 1897). Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. (grandiceps) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Gulf of California, Mexico, 24°22'30"N, 109°03'20"W, Albatross station 3432, depth 1421 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Laemonema verecundum (Jordan & Cramer, 1897). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema yarrellii (Lowe, 1838) - Yarrell's codling (author) [=Phycis yarrellii Lowe [R. T.], 1838:190, Laemonema curtipes Biscoito [M. J.] & Maul [G. E.], 1989:2, Fig. 1] Notes: [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14); ref. 2831] Off Madeira. Current status: Valid as Laemonema yarrellii (Lowe, 1838). Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (curtipes) [Bocagiana. Museu Municipal do Funchal (História Natural) No. 127; ref. 17644] Seine Seamount, northeastern Atlantic, 33°45.8'N, 14°20.6'W, depth about 220 meters. Current status: Synonym of Laemonema yarrellii (Lowe, 1838). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Laemonema yuvto Parin & Sazonov, 1990 - yuvto codling (author) [=Laemonema yuvto Parin [N. V.] & Sazonov [Yu. I.], 1990:6, Fig. 1] Notes: [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 37 (no. 1); ref. 20171] Sala y Gomez Ridge, 25°10'S, 90°10'W, southeastern Pacific, depth 545-600 meters. Current status: Valid as Laemonema yuvto Parin & Sazonov, 1990. Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Sala y Gomez Ridge. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Lepidion Swainson, 1838 - codlings [=Lepidion Swainson [W.], 1838:318, Haloporphyrus Günther [A.], in Johnson, 1862:166] Notes: [ref. 4302]. Neut. Gadus lepidion Risso, 1810. Type by monotypy. Also in Swainson 1839:188, 300 [ref. 4303]. Risso's lepidion renamed rissoii (p. 319) and rubescens (1839:300) by Swainson. Haloporphyrus Günther, 1862 is an unneeded replacement. •Valid as Lepidion Swainson, 1838 -- (Cohen 1973:324 [ref. 6589], Paulin 1983:106 [ref. 5459], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:90 [ref. 6441], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:719 [ref. 13676], Cohen 1986:327 [ref. 5646], Paxton et al. 1989:300 [ref. 12442], Chiu et al. 1990:186 [ref. 21687], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:363 [ref. 18936], Paulin & Roberts 1997:27 [ref. 23231], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:280 [ref. 25968], Paxton et al. 2006:611 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:307 [ref. 30616], Bañón et al. 2010:602 [ref. 30872], Arronte et al. 2011:1708 [ref. 31611], Bañón et al. 2012:1 [ref. 32386]). Current status: Valid as Lepidion Swainson, 1838. Moridae. (Haloporphyrus) [ref. 5804]. Masc. Gadus lepidion Risso, 1810. Type by being a replacement name. Appeared first in Johnson (Sept. 1862) attributed to Günther (publ. Dec. 1862:358). Unneeded replacement for Lepidion Swainson, 1838, not preoccupied by Lepidia Savigny, 1817 (see Paulin 1983:106 [ref. 5459]). •Objective synonym of Lepidion Swainson, 1838 -- (Cohen 1973:324 [ref. 6589], Paulin 1983:106 [ref. 5459]). Current status: Synonym of Lepidion Swainson, 1838. Moridae.

Species Lepidion capensis Gilchrist, 1922 - Cape codling (author) [=Lepidion capensis Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1922:61] Notes: [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 2 (art. 3); ref. 1648] KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 177, depth 312-417 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Lepidion capensis Gilchrist, 1922. Moridae. Distribution: Southern Africa. Habitat: marine.

Species Lepidion ensiferus (Gunther, 1887) - Patagonian codling [=Haloporphyrus ensiferus Günther [A.], 1887:92, Pl. 19 (fig. A)] Notes: [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] Rio de la Plata mouth, Challenger station 320, depth 600 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Lepidion ensiferus (Günther, 1887). Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Lepidion eques (Gunther, 1887) - North Atlantic codling [=Haloporphyrus eques Günther [A.], 1887:91, Pl. 18 (fig. B)] Notes: [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] Faröe Channel, depth 530 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Lepidion eques (Günther, 1887). Moridae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Lepidion guentheri (Giglioli, 1880) - Gunther's lepidion (author) [=Haloporphyrus guentheri Giglioli [E. H.], 1880:202] Notes: [Nature (London) v. 21; ref. 18111] Madeira. Current status: Valid as Lepidion guentheri (Giglioli, 1880). Moridae. Distribution: Northeastern North Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Lepidion inosimae (Gunther, 1887) - morid cod [=Haloporphyrus inosimae Günther [A.], 1887:92, Pl. 20 (fig. B)] Notes: [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] Inosima, Japan, Challenger, depth 345 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Lepidion inosimae (Günther, 1887). Moridae. Distribution: Western and Central Pacific, antritropical: Japan to Kamchatka and Hawaiian Ridge; eastern Australia to New Caledonia and northern New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

Species Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810) - Mediterranean codling [=Gadus lepidion Risso [A.], 1810:118, Pl. 11 (fig. 40), Lotta joptera Cocco [A.], 1829:139, Lepidion rissoii Swainson [W.], 1838:319, Lepidion rubescens Swainson [W.], 1839:300] Notes: [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Valid as Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (joptera) [Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77); ref. 857] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (rissoii) [The natural history and classification v. 1; ref. 4302] Current status: Synonym of Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (rubescens) [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Current status: Synonym of Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Lepidion microcephalus Cowper, 1956 - smallheaded codling [=Lepidion microcephalus Cowper [T. R.], 1956:407, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Pacific Science v. 10 (no. 4); ref. 12187] 12 miles east of Schouten Island, Tasmania, Australia, depth 400-420 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Lepidion microcephalus Cowper, 1956. Moridae. Distribution: Australia and New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

Species Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist, 1922 - Natal codling (author) [=Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1922:62] Notes: [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 2 (art. 3); ref. 1648] KwaZulu-Natal coast, 30°08'05"S, 31°22'40"E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 156, depth 324 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist, 1922. Moridae. Distribution: Southern Africa. Habitat: marine.

Species Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov, 1936 - Schmidt's cod [=Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov [A. N.], 1936:266, Fig. 1] Notes: [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 113 (nos 9/10); ref. 13751] Sagami Bay, Misaki, Japan, depth 550-700 meters. Current status: Valid as Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov, 1936. Moridae. Distribution: Northwestern and southwestern Pacific and North Atlantic; ?Southern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Lotella Kaup, 1858 - morid cods [=Lotella Kaup [J. J.], 1858:88] Notes: [ref. 2576]. Fem. Lotella schlegeli Kaup, 1858 (= Lota phycis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). Type by monotypy. L. schlegeli Kaup is an unneeded substitute for Lota phycis. •Valid as Lotella Kaup, 1858 -- (Cohen 1979 [ref. 6950], Paulin 1983:98 [ref. 5459], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:91 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:300 [ref. 12442], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:367 [ref. 18936], Gomon et al. 1994:329 [ref. 22532], Paxton et al. 2006:612 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:309 [ref. 30616], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715]). Current status: Valid as Lotella Kaup, 1858. Moridae.

Species Lotella fernandeziana Rendahl, 1921 - Juan Fernandez (author) [=Lotella fernandeziana Rendahl [H.], 1921:53] Notes: [The fishes of the Juan Fernandez Islands v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 15328] Masatierra, Juan Fernández Islands. Current status: Valid as Lotella fernandeziana Rendahl, 1921. Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Juan Fernández Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Lotella phycis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) - beardie [=Lota phycis Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.], 1846:248, Pl. 111 (fig. 1), Lotella schlegeli Kaup [J. J.], 1858:88, Lotella schuettei Steindachner [F.], 1866:52] Notes: [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Nagasaki, Japan. Current status: Valid as Lotella phycis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). Moridae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine. (schlegeli) [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 24 (no. 1); ref. 2576] Nagasaki, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Lotella phycis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (schuettei) [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe v. 3 (no. 7); ref. 20460] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Lotella phycis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Lotella rhacina (Forster, in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - rock cod [=Gadus rhacinus Forster [J. R.], in Bloch & Schneider, 1801:56, xxvii, Lotella callarias Günther [A.], 1863:116 [3], Lotella fuliginosa Günther [A.], 1862:347, Lotella limbata Ogilby [J. D.], 1886:47, Lotella macleayi Rendahl [H.], 1921:54, Lotella marginata Macleay [W.], 1881:114, Lotella rubiginosa Castelnau [F. L.], 1879:354, 359, Lotella swanii Johnston [R. M.], 1883:126] Notes: [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. Current status: Valid as Lotella rhacina (Forster, 1801). Moridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean off western Australia. Habitat: marine. (callarias) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 11 (no. 62); ref. 1972] Victoria, South Australia. Current status: Synonym of Lotella rhacina (Forster, 1801). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (fuliginosa) [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] No locality [= Sydney, New South Wales, Australia]. Current status: Synonym of Lotella rhacina (Forster, 1801). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (limbata) [Catalogue of the fishes of New South Wales, with their principal synonyms; ref. 13268] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Lotella rhacina (Forster, 1801). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (macleayi) [The fishes of the Juan Fernandez Islands v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 15328] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Lotella rhacina (Forster, 1801). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (marginata) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 6 (pt 1); ref. 4931] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Lotella rhacina (Forster, 1801). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (rubiginosa) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 4); ref. 764] Current status: Synonym of Lotella rhacina (Forster, 1801). Moridae. (swanii) [Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882; ref. 18337] Tasmania, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Lotella rhacina (Forster, 1801). Moridae. Habitat: marine. Species Lotella tosaensis (Kamohara, 1936) - Tosa rock cod (author) [=Physiculus tosaensis Kamohara [T.], 1936:446, Fig. 1] Notes: [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 15 (no. 4); ref. 13706] Off Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Current status: Valid as Lotella tosaensis (Kamohara, 1936). Moridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Mora Risso, 1827 - moras [=Mora Risso [A.], 1827:224, Asellus Valenciennes [A.], 1838:Pl. 14, Gastronemus Cocco [A.], 1846:749, Tinimogaster Bonaparte [C. L.] (ex Cocco), 1846:68] Notes: [ref. 3757]. Fem. Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Mora Risso, 1827 -- (Cohen 1973:325 [ref. 6589], Paulin 1983:111 [ref. 5459], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:721 [ref. 13676], Paxton et al. 1989:301 [ref. 12442], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:369 [ref. 18936], Gomon et al. 1994:331 [ref. 22532], Paulin & Roberts 1997:28 [ref. 23231], Paxton et al. 2006:613 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:310 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Mora Risso, 1827. Moridae. (Asellus) [ref. 4502]. Masc. Asellus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838. Type by monotypy. In text in 1843:76, plate in Oct. 1838. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Asellus G. St. Hilaire, 1762 in Crustacea (not Plumier in Lacepède 1800 in fishes, not available); according to Fowler (MS): "replaced by Cerdo Gistel, 1848:VIII" sic Neave 1939:644 [ref. 12569]. •Synonym of Mora Risso, 1827. Current status: Synonym of Mora Risso, 1827. Moridae. (Gastronemus) [ref. 26444]. Masc. Gastronemus benoiti Cocco, 1846. Type by monotypy. Name listed by Bonaparte 1846:68 [ref. 519] in synonymy of Pharopteryx. First appeared in and is available from Cocco 1846:749 [ref. 26444]. •Synonym of Mora Risso, 1827. Current status: Synonym of Mora Risso, 1827. Moridae. (Tinimogaster) [ref. 519]. Fem. Apparently not available, name in synonymy under Pharopteryx as "(Gastronemus vel Tinimogaster? Cocco)." •In the synonymy of Mora Risso, 1827. Current status: Synonym of Mora Risso, 1827. Moridae.

Species (Risso, 1810) - common mora [=Gadus moro Risso [A.], 1810:116, Asellus canariensis Valenciennes [A.], 1838:[76], Pl. 14, Mora dannevigi Whitley [G. P.], 1948:82, Fig. 5, Mora mediterranea Risso [A.], 1827:224, Mora pacifica Waite [E. R.], 1914:128, Pl. 5] Notes: [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Valid as Mora moro (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Faroes to Western Sahara including Madeira, Azores and Canary Islands; western Pacific, southeastern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. (canariensis) [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Off Canary Islands. Current status: Synonym of Mora moro (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (dannevigi) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 4710] Great Australian Bight, 129°28'E, depth 350-450 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Mora moro (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (mediterranea) [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Mora moro (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine. (pacifica) [Transactions New Zealand Institute v. 46 (art. 22); ref. 14178] Kaikoura, New Zealand, depth 200 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Mora moro (Risso, 1810). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Sazonov, 2001 - codlings [=Notophycis Sazonov [Yu. I.], 2001:294] Notes: [ref. 25374]. Lotella marginata Günther, 1878. Type by original designation. •Valid as Notophycis Sazonov, 2001 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:614 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:311 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Notophycis Sazonov, 2001. Moridae.

Species Notophycis fitchi Sazonov, 2001 - Fitch's codling (author) [=Notophycis fitchi Sazonov [Yu. I.], 2001:297, Fig. 1] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 41 (no. 3); ref. 25374] North Pacific, 45°19'N, 157°32'W, depth 550-600 meters. Current status: Valid as Notophycis fitchi Sazonov, 2001. Moridae. Distribution: North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Notophycis marginata (Gunther, 1878) - dwarf codling [=Lotella marginata Günther [A.], 1878:19 [3], Notophycis marginata tasmaniensis Sazonov [Yu. I.], 2001:302, Notophycis marginata trunovi Sazonov [Yu. I.], 2001:302, Fig. 4] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Pacific coast of southwestern South America, Challenger stations 305-308, depth 120-345 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Notophycis marginata (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Distribution: Widespread in Southern Hemisphere (subspecies sometimes recognized). Habitat: marine. (tasmaniensis) [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 41 (no. 3); ref. 25374] 42°41'S, 148°25'E, depth 452 meters. Current status: Synonym of Notophycis marginata (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Distribution: Australian and New Zealand population (this subspecies). Habitat: marine. (trunovi) [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 41 (no. 3); ref. 25374] 42°03'S, 0°11'E, depth 550-580 meters. Current status: Synonym of Notophycis marginata (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Physiculus Kaup, 1858 - morid cods [=Physiculus Kaup [J. J.], 1858:88] Notes: [ref. 2576]. Masc. Physiculus dalwigki Kaup, 1858. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Physiculus Kaup, 1858 -- (Cohen 1973:325 [ref. 6589], Cohen 1979 [ref. 6950], Paulin 1983:96 [ref. 5459], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:91 [ref. 6441], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:722 [ref. 13676], Cohen 1986:328 [ref. 5646], Paulin 1989:103 [ref. 9297], Paxton et al. 1989:301 [ref. 12442], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:370 [ref. 18936], Shcherbachev 1993 [ref. 21210], Gomon et al. 1994:332 [ref. 22532], Paulin & Roberts 1997:30 [ref. 23231], Iwamoto 1999:1996 [ref. 24761], Iwamoto & Cohen 2003:997 [ref. 27011], Paxton et al. 2006:614 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:312 [ref. 30616], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715]). Current status: Valid as Physiculus Kaup, 1858. Moridae.

Species Physiculus andriashevi Shcherbachev, 1993 - Andriashev's codling (author) [=Physiculus andriashevi Shcherbachev [Yu. N.], 1993:158, Fig. 3] Notes: [Trudy Instituta okeanologii im. P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 128; ref. 21210] Western Indian Ocean, 10°18'N, 56°07'E, depth 408-415 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus andriashevi Shcherbachev, 1993. Moridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus argyropastus Alcock, 1894 - Mascarenes codling (author) [=Physiculus argyropastus Alcock [A. W.], 1894:180 [12], Pl. 9 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 62 (pt 2, No. 4); ref. 89] Bay of Bengal [ca. 43 kilometers southeast of Tangutur/Tanguturu, Andra Pradesh State, India, eastern Indian Ocean], 15°04'07"N, 80°25'07"E, Investigator station 137, depth 128 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Physiculus argyropastus Alcock, 1894. Moridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: western Mascarenes and India. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus beckeri Shcherbachev, 1993 - Becker's cod (author) [=Physiculus beckeri Shcherbachev [Yu. N.], 1993:173, Fig. 8] Notes: [Trudy Instituta okeanologii im. P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 128; ref. 21210] Northwestern Indian Ocean, 12°16'N, 53°08'E, depth 380 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus beckeri Shcherbachev, 1993. Moridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus bertelseni Shcherbachev, 1993 - Bertelsen's physiculus (author) [=Physiculus bertelseni Shcherbachev [Yu. N.], 1993:169, Fig. 6] Notes: [Trudy Instituta okeanologii im. P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 128; ref. 21210] Southwestern Indian Ocean, 33°09'S, 43°48'E, depth 460-695 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus bertelseni Shcherbachev, 1993. Moridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus capensis Gilchrist, 1922 - Cape physiculus (author) [=Physiculus capensis Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1922:62, Notes: [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 2 (art. 3); ref. 1648] KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 91-220 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Physiculus capensis Gilchrist, 1922. Moridae. Distribution: Southern Africa. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus chigodarana Paulin, 1989 - Kagishima codling (author) [=Physiculus chigodarana Paulin [C. D.], 1989:107, Figs. 7, 14] Notes: [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 16; ref. 9297] Kagishima, Japan. Current status: Valid as Physiculus chigodarana Paulin, 1989. Moridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus coheni Paulin, 1989 - Cohen's cod (author) [=Physiculus coheni Paulin [C. D.], 1989:108, Figs. 8, 14] Notes: [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 16; ref. 9297] Off Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 1°50'42"N, 157°30'36"W, depth 285 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus coheni Paulin, 1989. Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus cyanostrophus Anderson & Tweddle, 2002 - Angolan codling (author) [=Physiculus cyanostrophus Anderson [M. E.] & Tweddle [D.], 2002:18, Fig. 1] Notes: [Archive of Fishery and Marine Research v. 50 (no. 1); ref. 26527] Off Angola, 12°26'S, 13°19'E, depth 315-326 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus cyanostrophus Anderson & Tweddle, 2002. Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus cynodon Sazonov, 1986 - cynodon codling (author) [=Physiculus cynodon Sazonov [Yu. I.], 1986:305, fig'd] Notes: [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 65 (no. 2); ref. 8048] Emperor Seamount chain [Hawaiian Ridge], 31°03'N, 175°53'W, central North Pacific, depth 300-500 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus cynodon Sazonov, 1986. Moridae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Northern Hawaiian Ridge. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus dalwigki Kaup, 1858 - black codling [=Physiculus dalwigki Kaup [J. J.], 1858:88] Notes: [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 24 (no. 1); ref. 2576] No locality. Current status: Valid as Physiculus dalwigki Kaup, 1858. Moridae. Distribution: Western Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Great Meteor Bank and Madeira to Mauritania. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus fedorovi Shcherbachev, 1993 - Error Seamount codling (author) [=Physiculus fedorovi Shcherbachev [Yu. N.], 1993:170, Fig. 7] Notes: [Trudy Instituta okeanologii im. P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 128; ref. 21210] Error Seamount, northwestern Indian Ocean, 10°27'N, 56°05'E, depth 415 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus fedorovi Shcherbachev, 1993. Moridae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus fulvus Bean, 1884 - hakeling [=Physiculus fulvus Bean [T. H.], 1884:240] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 429); ref. 16016] East of New Jersey, U.S.A., 40°01'N, 69°56'W, Fish Hawk station 941, depth 76 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Physiculus fulvus Bean, 1884. Moridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus grinnelli Jordan & Jordan, 1922 - Hawaiian physiculus (author) [=Physiculus grinnelli Jordan [D. S.] & Jordan [E. K.], 1922:22, Pl. 1 (fig. 3)] Notes: [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 2487] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Current status: Valid as Physiculus grinnelli Jordan & Jordan, 1922. Moridae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus helenaensis Paulin, 1989 - skulpin [=Physiculus helenaensis Paulin [C. D.], 1989:111, Figs. 9, 14] Notes: [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 16; ref. 9297] St. Helena Island, southeastern Atlantic. Current status: Valid as Physiculus helenaensis Paulin, 1989. Moridae. Distribution: St. Helena Island, southeastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus hexacytus Parin, 1984 - hexacytus codling (author) [=Physiculus hexacytus Parin [N. V.] 1984:532 [47], Figs. 1, 2b] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 24 (no. 4); ref. 16267] Nazca Ridge, southeastern Pacific, 21°28'S, 81°40'W, depth 330 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus hexacytus Parin 1984. Moridae. Distribution: Southweastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Physiculus huloti Poll, 1953 - Hulot's codling (author) [=Physiculus huloti Poll [M.], 1953:202, Fig. 85] Notes: [Résultats scientifique. Expédition océanographic belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique sud (1948-1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12713] Atlantic, 27 miles west-southwest of Cabinda, Angola, 5°41'S, 11°46'E, depth 92-98 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus huloti Poll, 1953. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Hilgendorf, 1879 - Japanese codling [=Physiculus japonicus Hilgendorf [F. M.], 1879:80, Lotella maximowiczi Herzenstein [S. M.], 1896:13] Notes: [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1879; ref. 18288] Yokohama, Japan. Current status: Valid as Physiculus japonicus Hilgendorf, 1879. Moridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan, Taiwan and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine. (maximowiczi) [Ezhegodnik. Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 2151] Hakodate, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Physiculus japonicus Hilgendorf, 1879. Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus karrerae Paulin, 1989 - St. Helena codling (author) [=Physiculus karrerae Paulin [C. D.], 1989:114, Figs. 10, 14] Notes: [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 16; ref. 9297] Off Brazil, 32°59'S, 50°23'W, depth 260 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus karrerae Paulin, 1989. Moridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic and St. Helena. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus kaupi Poey, 1865 - Kaup's physiculus (author) [=Physiculus kaupi Poey [F.], 1865:186, Pl. 4 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 1; ref. 13954] Cuba. Current status: Valid as Physiculus kaupi Poey, 1865. Moridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus longicavis Parin, 1984 - Parin's Nazca codling (author) [=Physiculus longicavis Parin [N. V.], 1984:534 [49], Figs. 2a, 3] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 24 (no. 4); ref. 16267] Nazca Ridge, 25°43'S, 85°29'W, depth 160-165 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus longicavis Parin, 1984. Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus longifilis Weber, 1913 - filament cod [=Physiculus longifilis Weber [M.], 1913:178, Pl. 5 (fig. 6)] Notes: [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Flores Sea, Indonesia, 8°27'S, 122°54.3'E, Siboga station 306, depth 247 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus longifilis Weber, 1913. Moridae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus luminosa Paulin, 1983 - luminescent cod [=Physiculus luminosa Paulin [C. D.], 1983:96, Fig. 11] Notes: [National Museum of New Zealand Records v. 2 (no. 9); ref. 5459] Between Aldeman and Red Mercury islands, New Zealand, 36°47'N, 176°03'E, depth 457m. Current status: Valid as Physiculus luminosa Paulin, 1983. Moridae. Distribution: South Pacific: Australia almost to South America. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus marisrubri Bruss, 1986 - Red Sea codling (author) [=Physiculus marisrubri Brüss [R.], 1986:217, Figs. 1-2, 6-7, 12, 18-22] Notes: [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 66 (nos 4/6); ref. 8103] Off Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, central Red Sea, 21°28.97'N, 38°15.55'E, depth 740-785 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus marisrubri Brüss, 1986. Moridae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus maslowskii Trunov, 1991 - Trunov's South Atlantic codling (author) [=Physiculus maslowskii Trunov [I. A.], 1991:377 [114], Fig.] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 31 (no. 3); ref. 20096] Northern part of Wavis Ridge, southern Atlantic, 20°47'S, 8°41'E, depth 400 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus maslowskii Trunov, 1991. Moridae. Distribution: South Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus microbarbata Paulin & Matallanas, 1990 - Bissau codling (author) [=Physiculus microbarbata Paulin [C. D.] & Matallanas [J.], 1990:137, Fig. 1] Notes: [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 17; ref. 15775] Bissau, Guinea (11°30'N, 17°20'W), depth 234-387 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus microbarbata Paulin & Matallanas, 1990. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus natalensis Gilchrist, 1922 - Gilchrist's Natal codling (author) [=Physiculus natalensis Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1922:63] Notes: [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 2 (art. 3); ref. 1648] KwaZulu-Natal coast, 29°44'30"S, 31°28'35"E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 128, depth 183 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Physiculus natalensis Gilchrist, 1922. Moridae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. Species Physiculus nematopus Gilbert, 1890 - charcoal mora [=Physiculus nematopus Gilbert [C. H.], 1890:114, Physiculus longipes Garman [S.], 1899:188, Pl. 42 (figs. 2-2a)] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Both coasts of Baja California, Mexico, depth 71-221 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Physiculus nematopus Gilbert, 1890. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Baja California and Gulf of California to northern Peru and the Galápagos Islands. Habitat: marine. (longipes) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Gulf of Panama, 7°6'15"-7°40'N, 79°16'-80°55'W, Albatross stationn 3353, 3355, 3385, 3387 and 3391, depth 127-695 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Physiculus nematopus Gilbert, 1890. Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus nielseni Shcherbachev, 1993 - Nielsen's mora (author) [=Physiculus nielseni Shcherbachev [Yu. N.], 1993:154, Fig. 2] Notes: [Trudy Instituta okeanologii im. P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 128; ref. 21210] Saya de Malha Bank, Indian Ocean, 11°11'S, 68°09'E, depth 200-305 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus nielseni Shcherbachev, 1993. Moridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus nigrescens Smith & Radcliffe, in Radcliffe, 1912 - darktip cod [=Physiculus nigrescens Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.], in Radcliffe, 1912:105, Pl. 22 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 43 (no. 1924); ref. 3578] Verde Island Passage, 13°40'09"N, 120°57'45"E, Philippines, Albatross station 5296, depth 210 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Physiculus nigrescens Smith & Radcliffe, 1912. Moridae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Physiculus nigripinnis Okamura, in Okamura et al., 1982 - Okamura's Japanese codling (author) [=Physiculus nigripinnis Okamura [O.] in Okamura et al., 1982:127, Pl. 80] Notes: [Fishes of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge and Tosa Bay; ref. 8256] Kyushu-Palau Ridge, 26°46.0'N, 135°24.0'E, depth 342 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus nigripinnis Okamura, 1982. Moridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus normani Bruss, 1986 - Norman's codling (author) [=Physiculus normani Brüss [R.], 1986:225, Figs. 3, 8, 13, 17, 23-26] Notes: [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 66 (nos 4/6); ref. 8103] Western Indian Ocean, near Zanzibar, Tanzania, depth 238-293 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus normani Brüss, 1986. Moridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus parini Paulin, 1991 - Paulin's Southeastern Pacific codling (author) [=Physiculus parini Paulin [C. D.], 1991:138, Fig. 1] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 31 (no. 1); ref. 20172] Western portion of the Sala y Gomez Ridge, 25°07.2'S, 99°46.7'W, southeastern Pacific, depth 330-356 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus parini Paulin, 1991. Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus peregrinus (Gunther, 1872) - Sulawesi codling (author) [= peregrinus Günther [A.], 1872:669] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3); ref. 1997] Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Physiculus peregrinus (Günther, 1872). Moridae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus rastrelliger Gilbert, 1890 - hundred fathom mora [=Physiculus rastrelliger Gilbert [C. H.], 1890:113] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Off Baja California, Mexico, Albatross station 2987 and 3045, depth 171 and 184 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Physiculus rastrelliger Gilbert, 1890. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern California to Gulf of Panama to Peru. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus rhodopinnis Okamura, in Okamura et al., 1982 - rhodopinnis codling (author) [=Physiculus rhodopinnis Okamura [O.] in Okamura et al., 1982:119, Pl. 78] Notes: [Fishes of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge and Tosa Bay; ref. 8256] Kyushu-Palau Ridge, western Pacific, 26°12'N, 135°45'E, depth 362-540 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus rhodopinnis Okamura, 1982. Moridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar east to Hawaiian Ridge, north to Kyushu-Palau Ridge. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus roseus Alcock, 1891 - rosy cod [=Physiculus roseus Alcock [A. W.], 1891:28] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 8 (no. 43/44); ref. 87] Andaman Sea, 11°31'40"N, 92°46'40"E, Investigator station 115, depth 188-220 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Physiculus roseus Alcock, 1891. Moridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus sazonovi Paulin, 1991 - Sazonov's codling (author) [=Physiculus sazonovi Paulin [C. D.], 1991:139, Fig. 2] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 31 (no. 1); ref. 20172] Western portion of the Sala y Gomez Ridge, 25°02.6'S, 97°29.2'W, depth 260-272 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus sazonovi Paulin, 1991. Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus sterops Paulin, 1989 - sterops codling (author) [=Physiculus sterops Paulin [C. D.], 1989:123, Figs. 11, 14] Notes: [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 16; ref. 9297] Kealai Kahiki Channel, 20°44'N, 156°52'W, Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, depth 205-221 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus sterops Paulin, 1989. Moridae. Distribution: Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus sudanensis Paulin, 1989 - Sudanese codling (author) [=Physiculus sudanensis Paulin [C. D.], 1989:124, Figs. 12, 14] Notes: [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 16; ref. 9297] Sudan coast, Red Sea, 26°20'N, 14°53'W, depth 782 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus sudanensis Paulin, 1989. Moridae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus talarae Hildebrand & Barton, 1949 - Peruvian mora [=Physiculus talarae Hildebrand [S. F.] & Barton [O.], 1949:8, Fig. 3] Notes: [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 111 (no. 10); ref. 13015] Talara, Peru. Current status: Valid as Physiculus talarae Hildebrand & Barton, 1949. Moridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Baja California (but not Gulf of California) to northern Peru. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus therosideros Paulin, 1987 - scalyfin cod [=Physiculus therosideros Paulin [C. D.], 1987:76] Notes: [Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 17720] Scott Point, New South Wales, Australia, 30°43'S, 153°16'E, depth 134-151 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus therosideros Paulin, 1987. Moridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Physiculus yoshidae Okamura, in Okamura et al., 1982 - Yoshida's codling (author) [=Physiculus yoshidae Okamura [O.] in Okamura et al., 1982:123, Pl. 79] Notes: [Fishes of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge and Tosa Bay; ref. 8256] Kyushu-Palau Ridge, 26°45.8'N, 135°22.5'E, depth 326-340 meters. Current status: Valid as Physiculus yoshidae Okamura, 1982. Moridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Pseudophycis Gunther, 1862 - codlings [=Pseudophycis Günther [A.], 1862:350, Austrophycis Ogilby [J. D.], 1897:90] Notes: [ref. 1969]. Fem. Lota breviuscula Richardson, 1846. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Pseudophycis Günther, 1862 -- (Paulin 1983:90 [ref. 5459], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Paxton et al. 1989:302 [ref. 12442], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:373 [ref. 18936], Gomon et al. 1994:333 [ref. 22532], Paxton et al. 2006:615 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:313 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Pseudophycis Günther, 1862. Moridae. (Austrophycis) [ref. 3272]. Fem. Austrophycis megalops Ogilby, 1897. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Austrophycis Ogilby, 1897 – (Paulin 1983:101 [ref. 5459], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:108 [ref. 14235], Paxton et al. 1989:299 [ref. 12442], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:356 [ref. 18936]). •Synonym of Pseudophycis Günther, 1862 -- (Sazonov 2001:293 [ref. 25374]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudophycis Günther, 1862. Moridae.

Species Pseudophycis bachus (Forster, in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - [=Enchelyopus bachus Forster [J. R.], in Bloch & Schneider, 1801:53] Notes: [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. Current status: Valid as Pseudophycis bachus (Forster, 1801). Moridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: southeastern Australia and New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

Species Pseudophycis barbata Gunther, 1863 - Southern bastard codling [=Pseudophycis barbatus Günther [A.], 1863:116 [3], Lotella grandis Ramsay [E. P.], 1881:462, Physiculus palmatus Klunzinger [C. B.], 1872:38] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 11 (no. 62); ref. 1972] Victoria, South Australia. Current status: Valid as Pseudophycis barbata Günther, 1863. Moridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Australia and New Zeealand. Habitat: marine. (grandis) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 5 (pt 4); ref. 18588] Wollongong, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Pseudophycis barbata Günther, 1863. Moridae. Habitat: marine. (palmatus) [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 38 (no. 1); ref. 2623] Hobson's Bay, Victoria, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Pseudophycis barbata Günther, 1863. Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Pseudophycis breviuscula (Richardson, 1846) - Northern bastard codling [=Lota breviuscula Richardson [J.], 1846:61, Pl. 38 (figs. 1-2), Austrophycis megalops Ogilby [J. D.], 1897:91] Notes: [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Current status: Valid as Pseudophycis breviuscula (Richardson, 1846). Moridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Australia and New Zealand. Habitat: marine. (megalops) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 22 (pt 1); ref. 3272] Maroubra Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Pseudophycis breviuscula (Richardson, 1846). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948 - morid cods [=Rhynchogadus Tortonese [E.], 1948:38, Hypsirhynchus Facciolà [L.], 1884:112, Olssonichthys Fowler [H. W.], 1958:15] Notes: [ref. 4415]. Masc. Hypsirhynchus hepaticus Facciolà, 1884. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Hypsirhynchus Facciolà, 1884, preoccupied by Hypsirhynchus Günther, 1858 in Reptilia. Olssonichthys Fowler, 1958 is an unneeded replacement for Hypsirhynchus. •Valid as Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948 -- (Cohen 1973:326 [ref. 6589], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:722 [ref. 13676]). •Status uncertain -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:347, footnote [ref. 18936]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948. Moridae. (Hypsirhynchus) [ref. 1292]. Masc. Hypsirhynchus hepaticus Facciolà, 1884. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Hypsirhynchus Günther, 1858 in Reptilia, replaced by Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948 and Olssonichthys Fowler, 1958. •Synonym of Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948 -- (Cohen 1973:326 [ref. 6589]). Current status: Synonym of Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948. Moridae. (Olssonichthys) [ref. 1470]. Masc. Hypsirhynchus hepaticus Facciolà, 1884. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Hypsirhynchus Facciolà, 1884, preoccupied by Hypsirhynchus Günther, 1856 in Reptilia but replaced earlier by Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948. •Objective synonym of Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948. Current status: Synonym of Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948. Moridae.

Species Rhynchogadus hepaticus (Facciola, 1884) - Facciola's Mediterranean codling (author) [=Hypsirhynchus hepaticus Facciolà [L.], 1884:112, Pl. 2 (figs.1-2)] Notes: [Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali] v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 1292] Strait of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Valid as Rhynchogadus hepaticus (Facciolà, 1884). Moridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Salilota Gunther, 1887 - morid cods [=Salilota Günther [A.], 1887:95] Notes: [ref. 2013]. Fem. Haloporphyrus australis Günther, 1878. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Salilota Günther, 1887 -- (Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:104 [ref. 14235], Paulin 1989:127 [ref. 9297], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:374 [ref. 18936]). Current status: Valid as Salilota Günther, 1887. Moridae.

Species (Gunther, 1878) - tadpole codling [=Haloporphyrus australis Günther [A.], 1878:19 [3], Salilota bovei Perugia [A.], 1891:626 [26]] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Puerto Bueno; Magellan Strait. Current status: Valid as Salilota australis (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific and southwestern Atlantic.: Chile and Argentina. Habitat: marine. (bovei) [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) v. 10; ref. 3431] Brecknock Pass, Magellan Straits. Current status: Synonym of Salilota australis (Günther, 1878). Moridae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Svetovidovia Cohen, 1973 - morid cods [=Svetovidovia Cohen [D. M.], 1973:326] Notes: [ref. 6589]. Fem. Gargilius lucullus Jensen, 1953. Type by original designation (also monotypic). "Replacement" for Gargilius Jensen, 1953, preoccupied by Gargilius Faimaire, 1891 in Insecta. See account of Gargilius; see Appendix A in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]. •Valid as Svetovidovia Cohen, 1973 -- (Markle 1982:3428 [ref. 5439], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:723 [ref. 13676]). •Status uncertain -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:347, footnote [ref. 18936]). •Questionably a synonym of Laemonema Günther, 1862 -- (Meléndez C. & Markle 1997:624 [ref. 23369]). Current status: Valid as Svetovidovia Cohen, 1973. Moridae.

Species Svetovidovia lucullus (Jensen, in Koefoed, 1953) - Jensen's polar codling (author) [=Gargilius lucullus Jensen [A. S.], in Koefoed, 1953:11] Notes: [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 4 (pt 2, no. 3); ref. 6486] North Atlantic, 61°34'N, 19°05'W. Current status: Valid as Svetovidovia lucullus (Jensen, 1953). Moridae. Distribution: Eastern North Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Tripterophycis Boulenger, 1902 - morid cods [=Tripterophycis Boulenger [G. A.], 1902:335] Notes: [ref. 564]. Fem. Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger, 1902. Type by monotypy. Also published in Boulenger 1903 (28 Feb.):168 [ref. 5757]. •Valid as Tripterophycis Boulenger, 1902 -- (Paulin 1983:104 [ref. 5459], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Cohen 1986:328 [ref. 5646], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:378 [ref. 18936], Sazonov & Shcherbachev 1986 [ref. 8047], Paxton et al. 1989:302 [ref. 12442], Sazonov & Pakhorukov 1991 [ref. 20086], Gomon et al. 1994:335 [ref. 22532], Paulin & Roberts 1997:37 [ref. 23231], Paxton et al. 2006:617 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:315 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Tripterophycis Boulenger, 1902. Moridae.

Species Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger, 1902 - grenadier cod [=Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger [G. A.], 1902:335, Fig., Tripterophycis intermedius Whitley [G. P.], 1948:79, Fig. 4] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 9 (no. 53) (art. 55); ref. 564] Some 40 miles off Table Mountain, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, depth 250 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger, 1902. Moridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, South Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (intermedius) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 4710] South of Eucla, Great Australian Bight, 350-450 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger, 1902. Moridae. Habitat: marine.

Species Tripterophycis svetovidovi Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 1986 - brown grenadier cod [=Tripterophycis svetovidovi Sazonov [Yu. I.] & Shcherbachev [Yu. N.], 1986:1099, Fig. 1] Notes: [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 65 (no. 7); ref. 8047] Sala y Gomez Ridge, southeastern Pacific, 25°18'08"S, 93°34'.02"W, depth 610 meters. Current status: Valid as Tripterophycis svetovidovi Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 1986. Moridae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine

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Asellus Strøm [H.] 1767:401 [ref. 21098]. Masc. Asellus longus Strøm 1767. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Asellus G. St. Hilaire 1762 in Crustacea (not Plumier in Lacepède 1800 in fishes, not available). Also predates Asellus Minding 1832 (Gadidae) and Asellus Valenciennes 1838 (Moridae). Name apparently not in current literature and can be considered a nomen oblitum. Current status: Uncertain. Gadidae.

Sympodoichthys Facciolà [L.] 1888:167, 169 [ref. 1293]. Masc. Sympodoichthys fasciatus Facciolà 1888. Type by monotypy. •Doubtfully the same as Rhynchogadus Tortonese 1948 -- (Cohen 1973:326 [ref. 6589]). Current status: Uncertain as Rhynchogadus Tortonese 1948. Moridae.

(species) provocator, Auchenoceros Whitley [G. P.] 1937:122 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 11 (pt 2); ref. 4689] Pacific. Holotype (unique): BMNH. Based on Auchenoceros sp. described by Günther 1889:27, Pl. 3 (fig. D) [ref. 2017]. Moridae. Habitat: marine. robustum, Laemonema Günther [A.] 1862:357 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Madeira. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1862.6.14.15. Appeared first in Johnson 1862 (Sept.):171 [ref. 2357]. Description in Günther above not attributed to Johnson although specimen was the same; perhaps can stand on its own as a separate description (absolute homonym) as appeared in Günther. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Laemonema robustum Johnson 1862. Moridae. Habitat: marine. fasciatus, Sympodoichthys Facciolà [L.] 1888:167 [Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali] v. 7; ref. 1293] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Questionably a synonym of Rhynchogadus hepaticus (Facciolà 1884) -- (Cohen 1973:326 [ref. 6589]). Current status: Uncertain as Rhynchogadus hepaticus (Facciolà 1884). Moridae. Habitat: marine.