Southern bastard codling
Appearance
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Species: | P. barbata
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Pseudophycis barbata Günther, 1863
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The southern bastard codling or bearded red cod, Pseudophycis barbata, is a morid cod of the genus Pseudophycis, found around southern Australia including Tasmania, and New Zealand, from the surface to 300 m. Its length is up to 63 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudophycis barbata". FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8