Moridae

smallscale mora

Laemonema barbatulum

Morid Fish of Western Atlantic

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The short beard codling (Laemonema barbatulum) is a species of marine bony fish in the family Moridae. Native to the western Atlantic Ocean, it is found on the continental slope at depths between 50 and 1,620 m (200 and 5,300 ft).