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Phycidae
forkbeard
Phycis phycis
Phycid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Brown
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Brown
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargePhycis phycis, the forkbeard, is a species of phycid hakes in the family Phycidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cods and Hakes
- Family
- Phycidae
- Genus
- Phycis
- Maximum length
- 65 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Northeast Atlantic : Bay of Biscay to Morocco, south to Cape Verde, and including off-lying islands. Also in the Mediterranean and the Azores.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
