Southern bastard codling

Southern bastard codling
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gadiformes
Family:Moridae
Genus:Pseudophycis
Species: P. barbata
Binomial name
Pseudophycis barbata
Günther, 1863
Synonyms
  • Physiculus barbatus (Günther, 1863)
  • Lotella grandis Ramsay, 1881

The southern bastard codling or bearded red cod (Pseudophycis barbata) is a morid cod of the genus Pseudophycis, found around southern Australia including Tasmania, and New Zealand, from the surface to 300 m. Its length is up to 63 cm.

References

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