Codlets Middle | |
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Antenna codlet, Bregmaceros atlanticus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Bregmacerotidae T. N. Gill, 1872 |
Genus: | Bregmaceros W. Thompson ex Cantor, 1840 |
Species | |
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Codlets are a family, Bregmacerotidae, of cod-like fishes, containing the single genus Bregmaceros found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world. They are very small fishes and even the largest, B. lanceolatus, reaches only 11.5 cm (4.5 in) in length.