Phycidae

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Phycid hakes
Red hake, Urophycis chuss
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gadiformes Family: Phycidae
Genera
Phycis Urophycis See text for species.

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

1. ^ "Phycidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
2. ^ Joseph S. Nelson. Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.