common mora

Mora moro

Morid Fish beneath the Mediterranean Sea

Temperate
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Europe
Oceania
South America
Fusiform
Large

Mora moro, the common mora, is a deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora. It is found worldwide in temperate seas, at depths of between 300 and 2,500 m. Its length is up to about 80 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Mora
Maximum length: 80 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Faeroes to Cape Bojador, West Africa, and including Azores, Madeira, and western Mediterranean. Also known from the Walvis and Vavilov ridges (Ref. 45011 ). Reported from Mauritania (Ref. 55783 ). Western Indian Ocean: in the region south of Madagascar. Pacific Ocean: temperate Australia, New Zealand, and between Valparaiso, Chile and the Juan Fernandez Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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