Physiculus roseus
Physiculus roseus, the rosy cod, is a bathydemersal fish found in the Indo-Pacific from the Bay of Bengal in the eastern Indian Ocean to the western shore of Australia, on to Indonesia, also Papua New Guinea and the south China Sea and on to New Caledonia.[1]
| Physiculus roseus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Physiculus |
| Species: | P. roseus |
| Binomial name | |
| Physiculus roseus Alcock, 1891 | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 23.0 cm (9.1 in).[2]
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Physiculus roseus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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