Phycidae
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| Phycid hakes | |
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| Greater forkbeard, Phycis blennoides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Phycidae |
| Genera | |
Phycidae is a family of hakes in the order Gadiformes. They are native to the Atlantic Ocean, but the juveniles of some species enter estuaries.[1] Joseph Nelson classifies this family as the subfamily Phycinae of the cod family, Gadidae.[2]
[edit] Species
There are eleven species in two genera.
- Genus Phycis
- Greater forkbeard, Phycis blennoides (Brünnich, 1768).
- Longfin hake, Phycis chesteri Goode & Bean, 1879.
- Forkbeard, Phycis phycis (Linnaeus, 1766).
- Genus Urophycis
- Brazilian codling, Urophycis brasiliensis (Kaup, 1858).
- Red hake, Urophycis chuss (Walbaum, 1792).
- Gulf hake, Urophycis cirrata (Goode & Bean, 1896).
- Carolina hake, Urophycis earllii (Bean, 1880).
- Southern codling, Urophycis floridana (Bean & Dresel, 1884).
- Urophycis mystacea Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903.
- Spotted codling, Urophycis regia (Walbaum, 1792).
Spotted codling, Urophycis regia
- White hake, Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814).
[edit] References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Phycidae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- ^ Joseph S. Nelson. Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.
[edit] External links
Phycidae at the Encyclopedia of Life
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