Northern bastard codling

Northern bastard codling
Northern bastard codling
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Pseudophycis
Species: P. breviuscula
Binomial name
Pseudophycis breviuscula
(Richardson, 1846)

The northern bastard codling, Pseudophycis breviuscula, is a morid cod of the genus Pseudophycis, found around southern Australia including Tasmania, and New Zealand, from the surface to 220 m. Its length is between 15 and 25 cm.

The northern bastard codling is similar in general appearance to the rattails, with large eyes and an elongate tapering body, however the northern bastard codling has a separate, very rounded, caudal fin. The second dorsal fin and the anal fin start about half way along the body length.

Body colour is brown-pink with dark edges to the dorsal, caudal and anal fins.

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Pseudophycis breviuscula" in 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
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