- Phycidae
Taxobox
name = Phycid hakes
image_width = 240px
image_caption =Red hake , "Urophycis chuss"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Gadiformes
familia = Phycidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Phycis " "Urophycis " See text for species.Phycidae is a family of
hake s in the orderGadiformes . They are native to theAtlantic Ocean , but the juveniles of some species enter estuaries. [FishBase family | family = Phycidae | month = February | year = 2006] Joseph Nelson classifies this family as the subfamily Phycinae of the cod family,Gadidae . [cite book | author = Joseph S. Nelson | title =Fishes of the World | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | id = ISBN 0-471-54713-1]pecies
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
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