| Red codling | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Pseudophycis |
| Species: | P. bachus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophycis bachus (J. R. Forster, 1801)
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The red codling (Pseudophycis bachus; Māori: hoka)123 is a morid cod of the genus Pseudophycis, restricted to New Zealand, from the surface to 700 m.4 It reaches lengths up to 90cm. P. bachus is a food source for the diving yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.
Environmental organisation Forest & Bird assessed the red cod "Worst Choice (Don't eat)" in its Best Fish Guide, which rates the ecological sustainability of seafoods.5
References
References
- "Hoka". Te Aka Māori Dictionary.
- Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. 2006
- Leach, Foss; Davidson, Janet; Robertshawe, Meredith; Leach, Penny (2001-04-01). "The Estimation of Live Fish Size from Archaelogical Cranial Bones of New Zealand Red Cod Pseudophycis bachus". Tuhinga. 12: 17–38. doi:10.3897/tuhinga.12.e34133. ISSN 2253-5861.
- Gomon, Martin F.; Struthers, Carl D.; Kemp, Jodie (2021). "A review of the Australasian genus Pseudophycis (Gadiformes: Moridae), redescribing its four species and resurrecting the name Physiculus palmatus Klunzinger, 1872, for the Australian Red Cod". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 80: 59. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2021.80.04.
- Forest and Bird (30 Apr 2018). "Best Fish Guide — Pocket Guide" (PDF). www.forestandbird.org.nz. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
Sources
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudophycis bachus". FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox (1982). Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-216987-8.