Phycidae

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]

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).
  • White hake, Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814).

References

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

External links

Phycidae at the Encyclopedia of Life