Jordan's Cod, Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead 1951)
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Bray, D.J. 2025, Gadella jordani in Fishes of Australia, accessed 22 Jul 2026, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4334
Jordan's Cod, Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead 1951)
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Distribution |
Northwest of Bluff Point to west of Broome, Western Australia, and reefs in the Coral Sea to off Brisbane, Queensland; also the Lord Howe Rise in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species is known from the west Pacific (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Palau). |
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Species Citation |
Physiculus jordani Böhlke & Mead 1951, Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin 4(1): 27. Type locality: off Tsurugi Saki Light, Honshu Island, Japan, 110-259 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
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Jordan's Cod, Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead 1951)
References
Böhlke, J.E. & Mead, G.W. 1951. Physiculus jordani, a new gadoid fish from deep water off Japan. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin 4(1): 27-29
Cohen, D.M. 1990. Families Moridae, Muraenolepididae. pp. 346-384 in Cohen, D.M., Inada, T., Iwamoto, T. & Scialabba, N. FAO Species Catalogue. Gadiform fishes of the world (order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 10 442 pp.
Paulin, C.D. 1987. New Australian fishes. Part 17. New species of Gadella and Physiculus (Moridae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 48(1): 75-77 (described as Gadella norops, type locality 220 kilometers northwest of Port Hedland, Western Australia, 18°41'S, 116°46'E, depth 506-508 m) See ref at BHL
Paulin, C.D. 1989. Review of the morid genera Gadella, Physiculus, and Salilota (Teleostei: Gadiformes) with descriptions of seven new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 93-133 https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1989.10423706
Paulin, C.D. & Roberts, C.D. 1997. Review of the morid cods (Teleostei, Paracanthopterygii, Moridae) of New Caledonia, southwest Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species of Gadella. No. 2. In, Séret, B. (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, v. 17. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 174: 17-41
Sazonov, Y.I. & Shcherbachev, Y.N. 2000. A review of the Indian Ocean species form the genus Gadella (Gadiformes, Moridae), with a description of two new species. Journal of Ichthyology 40(Suppl. 1): 64-73
