Schmidt's cod

Lepidion schmidti

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth969–1,504 m
Water temperature5–27 °C
Best monthsJuly
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 1 records
March: 0 records
April: 2 records
May: 5 records
June: 3 records
July: 15 records
August: 4 records
September: 0 records
October: 1 records
November: 4 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 969–1,504 m · Deepest record: 3,650 m

500–510 m: 1 records
510–520 m: 0 records
520–530 m: 0 records
530–540 m: 0 records
540–550 m: 0 records
550–560 m: 0 records
560–570 m: 0 records
570–580 m: 0 records
580–590 m: 0 records
590–600 m: 111 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 5–27 °C

4–6 °C: 3 records
6–8 °C: 2 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 45 records
12–14 °C: 25 records
14–16 °C: 20 records
16–18 °C: 11 records
18–20 °C: 10 records
20–22 °C: 7 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Schmidt's cod, Northern Gray Hakeling

Names in 3 more languages

French: Grand moro
Japanese: Kitanokurodara, キタノクロダラ
Simplified Chinese: 施氏雅鱈

Similar species

Long-finned Cod
Lepidion microcephalus
Giant cod
Lepidion inosimae
Blackcod
Antimora rostrata
Dainty mora
Halargyreus johnsonii
Common mora
Mora moro
ahuru
Auchenoceros punctatus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
163 open-data records from 1969 to 2020.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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