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Gadiculus thori

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Gadiculus thori
A specimen of G. thori, a small, silvery pink fish approximately 12cm long. The eye is very large and has a silver iris. The mouth is also quite large and opens vertically. Most of the scales are missing but there are remnants of silver skin o the flank and around the branchiostegal rays.
A freshly-caught specimen of G. thori from the NE Atlantic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Gadidae
Genus: Gadiculus
Species:
G. thori
Binomial name
Gadiculus thori
Synonyms

Gadiculus argenteus thori Schmidt, 1913

Gadiculus thori is a species of cod found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It grows to a length of 15 cm (5.9 in) and is not of major importance to local commercial fisheries.

Gadiculus thori was until recently considered a subspecies of the more widely distributed silvery pout, Gadiculus argenteus. Currently, the distribution of G. argenteus is thought to be more southerly, in the western Mediterranean and the adjacent Atlantic, while G. thori is found from the Bay of Biscay north up to the North Cape.[1][2]

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