| Physiculus capensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Physiculus |
| Species: | P. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Physiculus capensis Gilchrist, 1922 | |
Physiculus capensis is a species of bathydemersal fish found from the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean to the western Indian Ocean. [1]
This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in). [2]
Physiculus is a genus of morid cods.
An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water.
Merluccius capensis is a ray-finned fish in the genus Merluccius, found in the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean, along the coast of South Africa. It is a long, lean fish with a large head, similar in appearance to the European hake and the deep-water Cape hake. By day, it lives close to the bottom on the continental shelf and upper slope at depths not usually exceeding 400 m (1,300 ft); it makes a large, daily vertical migration rising at night to feed in the nectonic zone, and it also migrates southwards in spring and northwards in autumn. It is an important commercial fish species in southern Africa.
Physiculus karrerae, the Japanese codling, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the Atlantic Ocean.
Physiculus luminosus, the luminescent cod, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the Pacific Ocean.
Physiculus sazonovi is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean.
Physiculus sterops is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean.
Physiculus parini is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean.
Physiculus microbarbata is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the eastern-central Atlantic Ocean.
Physiculus natalensis is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the western Indian Ocean.
Physiculus longicavis is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean.
Physiculus hexacytus is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean.
Physiculus roseus, the rosy cod, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the Indo-Pacific from the Bay of Bengal in the eastern Indian Ocean to the western shore of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and from the south China Sea to New Caledonia.
Physiculus nematopus, the charcoal mora, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean.
Physiculus maslowskii is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Physiculus marisrubri is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the western Indian Ocean and the central Red Sea.
Physiculus huloti, the brown codling, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Physiculus fulvus, the hakeling, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Physiculus cynodon is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Physiculus cyanostrophus is a bathydemersal fish found off Angola in the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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