Muraenolepididae
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Muraenolepididae is a family of cod
-like fish, known as Eel cods.
Muraenolepididae are marine fish found in the Southern Ocean
Cod
Cod is the common name for genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name for various other fishes. Cod is a popular food with a mild flavor, low fat content and a dense, flaky white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of...
-like fish, known as Eel cods.
Muraenolepididae are marine fish found in the Southern Ocean
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60°S latitude and encircling Antarctica. It is usually regarded as the fourth-largest of the five principal oceanic divisions...
Species
There are 8 species:- Muraenolepis andriashevi (Balushkin y Prirodina, 2005)
- Muraenolepis kuderskii (Balushkin y Prirodina, 2007)
- Muraenolepis marmorata (Günther, 1880)
- Muraenolepis microcephala (Norman, 1937)
- Muraenolepis microps (LönnbergEinar LönnbergAxel Johann Einar Lönnberg was a Swedish zoologist.Lönnberg was born in Stockholm. He was head of the Vertebrate Department of the Swedish Natural History Museum from 1904 to 1932....
, 1905) - Muraenolepis orangiensis (VaillantLéon VaillantLéon Louis Vaillant was a French zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology, malacology, and ichthyology...
, 1888) - Muraenolepis pacifica (Prirodina y Balushkin, 2007)
- Muraenolepis trunovi (Balushkin y Prirodina, 2006)