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Physiculus roseus

Physiculus roseus, the rosy cod, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the Indo-Pacific from the Bay of Bengal in the eastern Indian Ocean to the western shore of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and from the south China Sea to New Caledonia.

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Length
165 w
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Physiculus roseus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Physiculus
Species:
P. roseus
Binomial name
Physiculus roseus
Alcock, 1891

Physiculus roseus, the rosy cod, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the Indo-Pacific from the Bay of Bengal in the eastern Indian Ocean to the western shore of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and from the south China Sea to New Caledonia.2

Size

This species reaches a length of 23 cm (9.1 in).3

References

References

  1. Iwamoto, T. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Physiculus roseus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T154984A115258521. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154984A4683335.en. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. Paulin, C.D. and C.D. Roberts, 1997. Review of the morid cods (Teleostei, Paracanthopterygii, Moridae) of New Caledonia, southwest Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species of Gadella. p. 17-41. In B. Séret (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (MMNHN), 174.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Physiculus roseus". FishBase. February 2015 version.