Guttigadus kongi

Guttigadus kongi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Guttigadus
Species:
G. kongi
Binomial name
Guttigadus kongi
Synonyms
  • Laemonema kongi Markle & Meléndez C., 1988

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.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 15.3 cm (6.0 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Ismael Kong Urbina (1942-2008), of the University of Antofagasta in Chile, who was the collector of the type material.[3]

References

  1. ^ Meléndez, C., R. and D.F. Markle, 1997. Phylogeny and zoogeography of Laemonema and Guttigadus (Pisces: Gadiformes: Moridae). Bull. Mar. Sci. 61(3):593-670.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Guttigadus kongi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 April 2023.


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