Phycis blennoides Greater forkbeard

Phycis blennoides is commonly referred to as Greater forkbeard. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5251 

AphiaID:

126501 

Scientific:

Phycis blennoides 

German:

Gabeldorsch 

English:

Greater Forkbeard 

Category:

Dorsze 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Phycidae (Family) > Phycis (Genus) > blennoides (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Brünnich, ), 1768 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, Algeria, Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Iceland, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

Sea depth:

100 - 650 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 43.31" (30cm - 110cm) 

Weight:

3.9 kg 

Temperature:

42.8 °F - 80.6 °F (6°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Big fish, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Lobster, Mysis, Rock lobster, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Phycis blennoides
  Gabeldorsch
• Phycis chesteri
• 
  Phycis phycis
  Gabeldorsche

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-12 18:54:15 

Last edit:

2013-04-12 18:54:15 

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