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Spotted Codling

Urophycis regia

Also known as: Ling Cod, Spotted Hake, Wild Cusk Eel

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
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Adult
@roadrunner · Island Club Hilton Head, United States · March 20191 / 1
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Overview

Found over mud and sand bottoms, of deep water, coastal areas.
Juveniles found in estuaries.

These fish are native to the Atlantic Ocean.

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How to identify

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Pattern
black spotwhite lines

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Northwest Atlantic
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Found over mud and sand bottoms, of deep water, coastal areas.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGadiformes
    5. familyPhycidae
    6. genusUrophycis
    7. speciesUrophycis regia (Walbaum, 1792)

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