Southern bastard codling

Southern bastard codling
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudophycis barbata". 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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