WoRMS taxon details
Mora moro (Risso, 1810)
126497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126497)
accepted
Species
Asellus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838 · unaccepted
Gadus moro Risso, 1810 · unaccepted
Mora dannevigi Whitley, 1948 · unaccepted
Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827 · unaccepted
Mora mora (Risso, 1810) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mora pacifica Waite, 1914 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus moro Risso, 1810) Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. <em>F. Schoell, Paris.</em> i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7052
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
Description Recorded from the upper continental slope (Ref. 9563). Occasionally found at 50 m. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, molluscs...
Description Recorded from the upper continental slope (Ref. 9563). Occasionally found at 50 m. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrates as well as food of terrestial origin, including garbage. Probably a winter and early spring spawner (Ref . 4774). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mora moro (Risso, 1810). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126497 on 2026-03-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gadus moro Risso, 1810) Risso, A. (1810). Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes. <em>F. Schoell, Paris.</em> i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7052
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Mora dannevigi Whitley, 1948) Whitley, G. P. (1948). Studies in ichthyology. No. 13. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 22 (no. 1): 70-94. [details]
original description (of Mora pacifica Waite, 1914) Waite, E. R. (1914). Notes on New Zealand fishes: No. 4. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 46 (art. 22): 127-131, Pls. 3-6. [details]
original description (of Asellus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Mora dannevigi Whitley, 1948) Whitley, G. P. (1948). Studies in ichthyology. No. 13. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 22 (no. 1): 70-94. [details]
original description (of Mora pacifica Waite, 1914) Waite, E. R. (1914). Notes on New Zealand fishes: No. 4. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 46 (art. 22): 127-131, Pls. 3-6. [details]
original description (of Asellus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Recorded from the upper continental slope (Ref. 9563). Occasionally found at 50 m. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrates as well as food of terrestial origin, including garbage. Probably a winter and early spring spawner (Ref . 4774). [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | diepzeekabeljauw | [details] |
| English | common mora | [details] |
| French | moro commun | [details] |
| German | Tiefseedorsch | [details] |
| Italian | mora | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μόρα | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | mora | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | mora | [details] |
| Portuguese | melga | [details] |
| Spanish | mollera moranella | [details] |
| Swedish | moratorsk | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mora mora (Risso, 1810))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Gadus moro Risso, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Asellus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mora dannevigi Whitley, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mora pacifica Waite, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications) (from synonym Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mora moro)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus moro Risso, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Mora pacifica Waite, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Asellus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Mora mora (Risso, 1810))
To FishBase (from synonym Mora dannevigi Whitley, 1948)
To GenBank (100646 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Gadus moro Risso, 1810)
To GenBank (100646 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3113005) (from synonym Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mora mora (Risso, 1810))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Gadus moro Risso, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Asellus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mora dannevigi Whitley, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Mora pacifica Waite, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications) (from synonym Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mora moro)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus moro Risso, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Mora pacifica Waite, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Asellus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Mora mora (Risso, 1810))
To FishBase (from synonym Mora dannevigi Whitley, 1948)
To GenBank (100646 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Gadus moro Risso, 1810)
To GenBank (100646 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3113005) (from synonym Mora mediterranea Risso, 1827)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
