Physiculus huloti

Physiculus huloti, the brown codling, is a bathydemersal fish found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.[1]

Physiculus huloti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Physiculus
Species:
P. huloti
Binomial name
Physiculus huloti
Poll, 1953

Size

This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of André Hulot, of the Institut National pour l’Etude Agronomique du Congo.[3]


References

  1. Cohen, D.M., 1990. Moridae. p. 520-523. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon, SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Physiculus huloti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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