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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Series: Zeiogadaria
Subseries: Gadariae
Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Gadidae
Subfamilia: Phycinae
Genus: Phycis
Species: P. chesteri – P. phycis – P. blennoides
Name

Phycis Artedi in Walbaum, 1792

Gender: feminine

Type species: Tinca marina Walbaum, 1792

Phycis chesteri

Phycis chesteri

References

Walbaum, J. J. 1792. Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae.
Phycis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Phycis is a genus of phycid hakes from the North Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea.
Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

Phycis blennoides (Brünnich, 1768) (Greater forkbeard)
Phycis chesteri Goode & T. H. Bean, 1878 (Longfin hake)
Phycis phycis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Forkbeard)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Phycis in FishBase. June 2012 version.

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