Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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: Urophycis
Species: U. brasiliensis – U. chuss – U. cirrata – U. earllii – U. floridana – U. mystacea – U. regia – U. tenuis
Name
Urophycis Gill, 1863
Gender: feminine
Type species: Blennius regius Walbaum, 1792
References
Gill, T. N. 1863. Synopsis of the North American gadoid fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15: 229–242.
Urophycis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Urophycis is a genus of phycid hakes.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
Urophycis brasiliensis (Kaup, 1858) (Brazilian codling) [1]
Urophycis chuss (Walbaum, 1792) (Red hake)
Urophycis cirrata (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Gulf hake)
Urophycis earllii (T. H. Bean, 1880) (Carolina hake)
Urophycis floridana (T. H. Bean & Dresel, 1884) (Southern codling)
Urophycis mystacea A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903
Urophycis regia (Walbaum, 1792) (Spotted codling)
Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814) (White hake)
References
Lemes, P.C.R., Loeb, M.V., Santificetur, C. & Melo, M.R.S. (2016): Redescription of Urophycis brasiliensis (Kaup 1858), a senior synonym of Urophycis latus Miranda Ribeiro 1903 (Gadiformes: Phycidae). Zootaxa, 4084 (4): 507–518.
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