Phycidae

Short description: Family of fishes

Phycid hakes

Greater forkbeard (Phycis blennoides)
Spotted Codling (Urophycis regia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Gadiformes
Family:  | Phycidae
Swainon, 1838
Genera

Phycis
Urophycis

The Phycidae are a family of hakes in the order Gadiformes. They are native to the Atlantic Ocean, but the juveniles of some species enter estuaries.[1] Sometimes this family is classified as the subfamily Phycinae of the cod family, Gadidae.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Phycidae" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
2. ↑ Joseph S. Nelson (29 April 1994). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q652728 entry

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