Austral cod

Guttigadus kongi

Morid Fish from Australian Waters

Circumpolar Antarctic
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Polar regions
South America
Medium

Guttigadus kongi, the Austral cod, is a species of morid cod in the family Moridae. It is found in the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean off the southwestern coast of Africa.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Guttigadus
Maximum length: 15.3 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: South Pacific: off Chile, southern Australia, and New Zealand. Southeast Atlantic: off Argentina. Also recorded from the channel between Marion and Prince Edward islands in the Indian Ocean sector of the Antarctic.

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