The short beard codling (Laemonema barbatulum)[2] is a species of marine bony fish in the family Moridae.

The shortbeard codling can grow to a maximum standard length of about 33 cm (13 in) and takes the form of a somewhat spindle-shaped cylinder.

[2] L. barbatulum is one of the dominant fishes in the more open areas of the continental slope, away from deepwater coral reefs.

Other fish found in these locations include the underworld windowskate (Fenestraja plutonia), the Atlantic hagfish Myxine glutinosa, and the shortnose greeneye Chlorophthalmus agassizi.

[4] It is a demersal predator, feeding on such invertebrates as bivalves, gastropod molluscs, polychaete worms and tanaids, crushing its prey with its beak-like jaws.