Violet Cod
Antimora rostrata
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The blue antimora, also known as the flat-nose codling, blue hake, long-finned cod or violet cod, is a benthopelagic species of morid cod of the genus Antimora, found in seas around the world on the continental shelf except the north Pacific. This bluish-black species may be found at depths of between 350 and 3,000 m(1,148 to 9.843 ft), but it is commonly found at depths of 800-1800m. Its length is between 40 and 75 cm. It is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Moridae
- Genus
- Antimora