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Unicorn cod

Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley, 1941

Status not recordedbony fish

The unicorn cod (Bregmaceros nectabanus) is a species in the family Bregmacerotidae, order Gadiformes.

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Quick facts about the unicorn cod

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the unicorn cod live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the unicorn cod as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Greece
  2. Israel

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the unicorn cod endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the unicorn cod classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGadiformes
  5. familyBregmacerotidae
  6. genusBregmaceros
  7. SpeciesBregmaceros nectabanus Whitley, 1941
Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Australian codletEnglish
  • Australian unicorn-codEnglish
  • Smallscale codletEnglish
  • قد وحيد القرنArabic
  • treskoun malošupinatýCzech
  • antenniturskaFinnish
  • トヤマサイウオJapanese
  • Bacalete-australianoPortuguese
  • 海土鰍Chinese
  • قد وحيد القرن الأستراليArabic
  • 海鰗鰍Chinese
  • 澎湖犀鱈Chinese
  • 澳洲犀鱈Chinese
  • 銀腰海鰗鰍Chinese
  • 銀腰犀鱈Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the unicorn cod

Other species in the same genus Bregmaceros.

Unicorn cod

Bregmaceros mcclellandi

BregmacerotidaeNo free photo yet

Codlet

Bregmaceros bathymaster

BregmacerotidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the unicorn cod an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the unicorn cod as introduced in 2 countries: Greece and Israel, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the unicorn cod?

The unicorn cod (Bregmaceros nectabanus) belongs to the family Bregmacerotidae in the order Gadiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Unicorn cod (Bregmaceros nectabanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bregmaceros-nectabanus

MLA

“Unicorn cod (Bregmaceros nectabanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bregmaceros-nectabanus.

BibTeX
@misc{bregmaceros_nectabanus_2026,
  title = {Unicorn cod (Bregmaceros nectabanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bregmaceros-nectabanus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}