Red codling
"Hoka" redirects here. For the fictional ursine humanoids, see Poul Anderson § Hoka and Gordon R. Dickson § Hoka series.
| Red codling | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Pseudophycis |
| Species: | P. bachus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophycis bachus (J. R. Forster, 1801) | |
The red codling or hoka,[1] Pseudophycis bachus, is a morid cod of the genus Pseudophycis, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, from the surface to 700 m. Its length is up to 90 cm. P. bachus is a food source for the diving yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.
Red Cod is in the unsustainable section of the Forest & Bird Best Fish Guide, and near the middle of the table overall.[2]
References
- Notes
- ↑ Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 2006
- ↑ http://forestandbird.org.nz/what-we-do/publications/-best-fish-guide
- Sources
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Pseudophycis bachus" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox (1982). Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-216987-8.
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