Lepidion
Genus of fishes
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Lepidion is a genus of morid cods.[1][2]
| Lepidion | |
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| Mediterranean codling (L. lepidion) | |
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| Morid cod (L. inosimae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Lepidion Swainson, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Gadus lepidion Risso, 1810 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Lepidion capensis Gilchrist, 1922
- Lepidion ensiferus (Günther, 1887) (Patagonian codling)
- Lepidion eques (Günther, 1887) (North Atlantic codling)
- Lepidion guentheri (Giglioli, 1880)
- Lepidion inosimae (Günther, 1887) (morid cod)
- Lepidion lepidion (A. Risso, 1810) (Mediterranean codling)
- Lepidion microcephalus Cowper, 1956 (small-headed cod)
- Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist, 1922
- Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov (ru), 1936 (Schmidt's cod)
