Small Head Deep Water Eel Cod

The body is highly elongated, slender, depth less than 13% SL; 83-85 vertebrae; no anal lateral line; dorsal lateral line highly reduced and represented only by 1-3 tubular scales; infraorbital canal with 9 pores; preopercular-mandibular canal with 10 pores (7 in its mandibular branch, 3 in the preopercular branch) (Ref. 84346).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Vertebrae: 83 - 85

Dwells on the continental shelf and slope. Feeds on zooplankton.

Dwells on the continental shelf and slope. Feeds on zooplankton.

fisheries: of no interest

The smallhead moray cod, Notomuraenobathys microcephalus, is a species of eel cod found in the Scotia Sea and around the Antarctic Peninsula and Enderby Coast. This species can be found at depths from 1,976 to 3,040 m (6,483 to 9,974 ft). This species grows to 30 cm (12 in) in total length.