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Mora moro (Risso, 1810)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Gadiformes
family
Moridae
genus
Mora
species
Mora moro

Name

Synonyms
Asellus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838
Gadus moro Risso, 1810
Mora dannevigi Whitley, 1948
Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827
Mora mora (Risso, 1810)
Mora pacifica Waite, 1914
Homonyms
Mora moro (Risso, 1810)
Common names
Common mora in English
Common mora in English
Crnkinja in Serbian
Djuphafsporskur in Icelandic
Ghost Cod in English
Goggle-eyed Cod in English
Goodly-eyed Cod in English
Lingwata ta' l-ghajnejn in Maltese
Merluza Canaria in Spanish
Merluza canaria in Spanish
Mollera moranella in Spanish
Mora in Portuguese
Mora in Italian
Mora in Spanish
Mora atlantycka in Polish
Morid Cod in English
Moro in French
Moro in French
Moro in Italian
Moro commun in French
Moro commun in French
Móra in Icelandic
Ribaldo in English
Salmonete preto in Portuguese
Tiefseedorsch in German
Tiefseedorsch in German
common mora in English
common mora in English
common mora in English
deepsea cod in English
deepsea cod in English
diepzeekabeljauw in Dutch
diepzeekabeljauw in Dutch
googly-eyed cod in English
googly-eyed cod in English
melga in Portuguese
melga in Portuguese
mollera moranella in Spanish
mollera moranella in Spanish
mora in Nynorsk, Norwegian
mora in Italian
mora in Norwegian Bokmål
mora in Nynorsk, Norwegian
mora in Italian
mora in Norwegian Bokmål
morafisk in Norwegian Bokmål
moratorsk in Swedish
moratorsk in Swedish
moro commun in French
moro commun in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Cohen, Daniel M., Tadashi Inada, Tomio Iwamoto, and Nadia Scialabba, 1990: Gadiform Fishes of the World (Order Gadiformes): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cods, Hakes, Grenadiers and other Gadiform Fishes Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 10. x + 442.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Paulin 1983, Pequeño 1989, Cohen et al. 1990, Pequeño et al. 2003, Morato & Pauly 2004.
  6. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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