Finescale mora

Antimora microlepis

Broad forked plate spreads across the flat snout

Finescale mora is a marine fish found around North Pacific. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 75 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Antimora
Maximum length: 75 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North Pacific: Shikoku Island, Japan to Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea, the Gulf of California and Johnston Island.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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