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Phycis phycis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Forkbeard
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> Gadiformes (Cods) > Phycidae (Phycid hakes)
Etymology: Phycis: Taken from Greek, phykon = seaweed; because of the habits of this fish that lives hidden among them (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino benthopelagico; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 13 - 614 m (Ref. 4517), usually 100 - 200 m (Ref. 1371). Subtropical; 45°N - 13°N, 32°W - 36°E

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Northeast Atlantic : Bay of Biscay to Morocco, south to Cape Verde, and including off-lying islands. Also in the Mediterranean and the Azores.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 36.0, range 32 - ? cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 12382); common length : 25.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1371); peso massimo pubblicato: 3.9 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Spine anali: 0. Elongated pelvic-fin rays reaching at most to the origin of the anal fin. Body color is brownish-red dorsally, becoming paler ventrally. Vertical fins distally dark, sometimes with a pale margin.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found on hard and sandy-muddy bottoms near rocks at 100-650 m, but sometimes taken at greater depths (Ref. 1371). Nocturnal, hiding between rocks during the day (Ref. 1371). Feed on small fish and various invertebrates (Ref. 1371).

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 February 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.3 - 16.2, mean 14.9 °C (based on 84 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6255   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00631 (0.00523 - 0.00762), b=3.15 (3.09 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.3   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.19).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 37 [17, 84] mg/100g; Iron = 0.74 [0.40, 1.34] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.8, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.386 [0.203, 0.736] g/100g; Selenium = 44.8 [21.7, 90.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.9 [4.6, 56.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.586 [0.383, 0.881] mg/100g (wet weight);