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Mora
Mora moro, the common mora, is a deep-sea fish, the only species in the genus Mora. It is found worldwide in temperate seas, at depths of between 300 and 2,500 m. Its length is up to about 80 cm. Other names in English include goodly-eyed cod, googly-eyed cod, and ribaldo.
In the month-long NORFANZ Expedition of 2003 which was examining the biodiversity of the seamounts and slopes of the Norfolk Ridge, 594 specimens averaging 1.25 kg (2.6 lb) were collected from 24 locations.
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.203
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.87
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.72
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.195
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.584
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.706
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.634
The Hieroglyphics
Horapollo · 1551 · p.203
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.318
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.316
Valeriano: Hieroglyphica (1575)
Pierio Valeriano · 1556 · p.110
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.70
In the stacks
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Every page naming Mora in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90039.