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'Codlets' are a family, 'Bregmacerotidae', of cod-like fishes, containing the single genus '''Bregmaceros'''.
They are found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.
They are very small fishes: the big-eye unicorn-cod, ''Bregmaceros rarisquamosus'', reaches no more than 1.5 cm, and even the largest, ''Bregmaceros lanceolatus'', reaches only 11.5 cm.
Their scientific name is from Greek ''bregma'' meaning the top of the head, and ''keras'' meaning "horn"; this refers to their occipital ray (a spine emerging from the top of the head).

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Species

There are twelve species:

★ ''Bregmaceros arabicus'' D'Ancona & Cavinato, 1965.

★ Antenna codlet, ''Bregmaceros atlanticus'' Goode & Bean, 1886.

★ Codlet, ''Bregmaceros bathymaster'' Jordan & Bollman, 1890.

★ Striped codlet, ''Bregmaceros cantori'' Milliken & Houde, 1984.

★ Stellate codlet, ''Bregmaceros houdei'' Saksena & Richards, 1986.

★ Japanese codlet, ''Bregmaceros japonicus'' Tanaka, 1908.

★ ''Bregmaceros lanceolatus'' Shen, 1960.

★ Spotted codlet, Macclelland's unicorn-cod, or Unicorn cod, ''Bregmaceros mcclellandi'' Thompson, 1840.

★ Smallscale codlet, ''Bregmaceros nectabanus'' Whitley, 1941.

★ ''Bregmaceros neonectabanus'' Masuda, Ozawa & Tabeta, 1986.

★ ''Bregmaceros pescadorus'' Shen, 1960.

★ Big-eye unicorn-cod, ''Bregmaceros rarisquamosus'' Munro, 1950.

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