Overview
Family : Phycid hakes ; Found on hard and sandy-muddy bottoms near rocks at 100-650 m , but sometimes taken at greater depths[1]. Nocturnal , hiding between rocks during the day[1]. Feeds on small fish and various invertebrates [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Albanian:
Peshk-fik i zi
Common Names in Catalan:
M, Mñllera roquera, Molla de roea, Mòllera roquera
Common Names in Creole, Portuguese:
Abrota, Peixe-safio
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese:
Abrota, Peixe-safio
Common Names in Croatian:
Babinja, Tabina, Tabinja mrkulja
Common Names in Danish:
Middelhavssk, Middelhavsskælbrosme
Common Names in English:
Fork-beard, Fork-Tailed Threadfin Bream, forkbeard, lesser forkbeard
Common Names in Faroese:
L, Lítlabrosma
Common Names in French:
Mostelle de roche, Phycis de roche
Common Names in German:
Brauner Gabeldorsch
Common Names in Greek:
Petrasalo, Petrasaloúlvardos, Petrosalouvardos, Μιχάλης, Πετροσαλούβαρδος, Ποντίκι, Ποντικός, Ποντικόψαρο, Σαλούβαρδος, Σαραβάνος, Σκορδαλός
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Petrasaloúlvardos, Petrosalouvardos, Πετροσαλούβαρδος
Common Names in Hebrew:
Dunim Ha-Sel´aim, Dunim ha-sel'aim
Common Names in Italian:
Fico, Lupu, Lupu 'i rocca, Lupu 'i scogghiu, Minghiali, Minghianula, Moglia, Mogliola, Moscl, Mostella, Moustelo, Musdea, Musdea bianca, Musdema, Musdene, Mustella de scheuggiu, Mustia, Mustina, Pastenula bruna, Pastenula nera, Pesce sorzo, Postema, Sorzo
Common Names in Maltese:
Bakkaljaw tal-hama, Lipp, Lipp tal-qawwi, Lupu
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
褐鱈, 褐鳕
Common Names in Polish:
Widlak R, Widlak rózowy
Common Names in Portuguese:
Abr, Abrota, Abrótea, Abrótea-da-costa, Abrótia, Albrota, Peixe-safio
Common Names in Russian:
Niteperyi nalim, Obyknovenniy niteperiy nalim
Common Names in Serbian:
Tabinja, Tabinja mrkulta
Common Names in Slovene:
Tabinja
Common Names in Slovenian:
Tabinja
Common Names in Spanish:
Barbada de altura, Br, Brotola De Fango, Brotóla de roca, Locha de roca, mollera roquera, Moustela de rocas
Common Names in Swedish:
Klippbrosme
Common Names in Turkish:
Çatalsakalgelincik balığı, Gelincik
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,950 meters (0 to -12,959 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Order:
Gadiformes
()
- Family:
on hard and sandy-muddy bottoms near
rocks at 1
()
- Genus:
Phycis
()
- Walbaum, 1792
- Specific name:
phycis
- Scientific name: - Phycis phycis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Specific name:
phycis
- Genus:
Phycis
(
- Family:
on hard and sandy-muddy bottoms near
rocks at 1
(
- Order:
Gadiformes
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Blennius phycis • Blennius phycis Linnaeus • Blennius phycis Linnaeus, 1766 • Phycis furcatus Bowdich • Phycis limbatus Valenciennes • Phycis mediterraneus Delaroche • Phycis phycis • Tinca marina Walbaum
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 23-Sep-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Phycis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. blennoides (Greater Fork-Beard) · P. brasiliensis (Brazilian Codling) · P. chesteri (Longfin Hake) · P. cirratus (Brazilian Codling) · P. earllii (Carolina Hake) · P. floridanus (Southern Codling) · P. macrophthalmus (Mediterranean Ling) · P. phycis (Fork-Tailed Threadfin Bream)
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Further Reading
- A treatise on zoology / edited by E. Ray Lankester. London: A. & C. Black, 1900-1909. url p. 343.
- A treatise on zoology. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1900-1909 url p. 343.
- Brain and body of fish; a study of brain pattern in relation to hunting and feeding in fish, by H. Muir Evans. Philadelphia, The Blakiston company, 1940. url p. 105, p. 107.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 3.
- Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url p. 38, p. 89.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 143, p. 398.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 507.
- Gadiformes (Treskoobraznye). Translated from Russian [by Walter J. Walters with Vladimir Walters] Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1962. url , p. 103, p. 104, p. 110, p. 258, p. 300, p. 32, p. 66.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. London, Published for the Linnean Society of London by Academic Press [etc.], 1848-1968. url p. 22.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 20, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies - Trawl Surveys
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, SeamountsOnline
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23723
- Fishbase Species ID: 1747
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13850945
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 164752
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 120675
Footnotes
- Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba (1990). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO [back]
- Mean = -2,443.070 meters (-8,015.322 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,746.610 based on 120 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
