Phycidae

Family Phycidae Phycis blennoides (Brünnich, 1768) —Greater forkbeard 560 specimens were caught at depths between 709 and 952 m. Length data were available for 111 specimens ranging from 20 to 79 cm TL (38.6 ± 16.1). Habitat and Distribution: benthopelagic over sandy and muddy bottoms at depth range...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio, Serrano, Alberto
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Gadiformes
Phycidae
Norway
Rodriguez
Iceland
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5618917
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618917
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Summary:Family Phycidae Phycis blennoides (Brünnich, 1768) —Greater forkbeard 560 specimens were caught at depths between 709 and 952 m. Length data were available for 111 specimens ranging from 20 to 79 cm TL (38.6 ± 16.1). Habitat and Distribution: benthopelagic over sandy and muddy bottoms at depth range 10–1,047 m, usually 100–450 m, with juveniles more coastal, over the continental shelf while adults migrate along the slope. Eastern Atlantic, from Norway and Iceland to Mauritania and in the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase). Published as part of Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), pp. 293-333 in Zootaxa 4067 (3) on page 316, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/256670

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