Genus Pseudophycis Günther, 1862

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• Pseudophycis Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 4 534 pp. [350].

  Type species:

   Lota breviuscula Richardson, 1846 by monotypy.
• Austrophycis Ogilby, J.D. 1897. New genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(1): 62-95 [90].

  Type species:

   Austrophycis megalops Ogilby, 1897 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sazonov, Y.I. 2001. Notophycis — a new fish genus of the family Moridae (Gadiformes) with description of a new species and two new subspecies and notes on the status of the genus Austrophycis. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 41(3): 293-303 [English translation in J. Ichthyol. 41(45): 343–353] [293]

 

Introduction

Austrophycis was in wide usage in Australia and New Zealand (Paulin 1983) until Sazonov (2001) synonymized the genus. Gomon et al (2021) reviewed the genus and recognised Australian records of P. bachus as a distinct species to which they applied the name Pseudophycis palmatus (Klunzinger, 1872),and excluding P. bachus from the Australian fauna.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

MORIDAE: Pseudophycis bachus Forster, 1801 [restricted to New Zealand following recognition of Australian records as a distinct species P. palmata, see Gomon et al. (2021)] — Gomon, M.F., Struthers, C.D. & Kemp, J. 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: 59-99

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Southern Province (8)

General References

Cohen, D.M. 1990. Families Moridae, Muraenolepididae. pp. 346-384 in Cohen, D.M., Inada, T., Iwamoto, T. & Scialabba, N. FAO Species Catalogue. Gadiform fishes of the world (order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 10 442 pp.

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Moridae, Melanonidae, Euclichthyidae, Merlucciidae. pp. 324-340 figs 290-303 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.

Gomon, M.F., Struthers, C.D. & Kemp, J. 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: 59-99

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp.

Paulin, C.D. 1983. A revision of the family Moridae (Pisces : Anacanthini) within the New Zealand region. Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 2(9): 81-126 figs 1-27

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	Pseudophycis Günther, 1862	06-Apr-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
26-Nov-2015	GADIFORMES	01-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED