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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: Moridae
Genus: Pseudophycis
Species: P. bachus – P. barbata – P. breviuscula
Name

Pseudophycis Günther, 1862

Gender: feminine

Type species: Lota breviuscula Richardson, 1846
Synonyms

Austrophycis Ogilby, 1897

References

Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Muesum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. v. 4: i-xxi + 1-534.
Ogilby, J. D. 1897. New genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 22 (pt 1): 62–95.
Pseudophycis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Pseudophycis is a genus of codlings of the family Moridae found around New Zealand and Southern Australia.
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Pseudophycis bachus (J. R. Forster, 1801) (red codling)
Pseudophycis barbata Günther, 1863 (southern bastard codling)
Pseudophycis breviuscula (J. Richardson, 1846) (northern bastard codling)

References

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

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