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Phycis Blennoides (Brünnich, 1768) Phycis blennoides (Brünnich, 1768) AphiaID: 126501 ABRÓTEA-DO-ALTO Animalia (Reino) > Chordata (Filo) > Vertebrata (Subfilo) > Gnathostomata (Infrafilo) > Pisces (Superclasse) > Pisces (Superclasse-2) > Actinopterygii (Classe) > Gadiformes (Ordem) > Phycidae (Familia) © Diogo Rocha Claire Goodwin - iNaturalist.ca Descrição Corpo fusiforme; raios das barbatanas pélvicas estendem-se para além da origem da barbatana anal; 1º raio da barbatana dorsal é alongado; cor acastanhada ou acinzentada dorsalmente e mais clara ventralmente. Distribuição geográfica Atlântico nordeste, Mediterrâneo e Adriático. Habitat e ecologia Ocorre em zonas de fundos arenosos ou lamacentos, a profundidades que variam entre 150-300m. 1 Facilmente confundível com: Phycis phycis Abrótea-da-costa Estatuto de Conservação Sinónimos Batrachoides gmelini Risso, 1810 Blennius gadoides Lacepède, 1800 Gadus albidus Gmelin, 1789 Gadus bifurcus Walbaum, 1792 Gadus blennoides Brünnich, 1768 Phycis furcatus Fleming, 1828 Phycis tinca Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Urophycis blennioides (Brünnich, 1768) Informação Adicional Pesquise mais sobre Phycis blennoides> ~ FishBase ~Marine Species Identification Portal 2 Referências Manual Prático de Identificação de Peixes Ósseos da Costa Continental Portuguesa – IPMA (2018) additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 [details] additional source Brünnich, M.T. (1768). Ichthyologia Massiliensis, sistens piscium descriptiones eorumque apud incolas nomina. Accedunt Spolia Maris Adriatici. Hafniae et Lipsiae. i-xvi + 1-110. [In 2 parts; first as i-xvi + 1-84; 2nd as Spolia e Mari Adriatica reportata: 85-110.]. [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2017). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 [details] additional source Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2018). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2018). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019)., available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] Última atualização: 23 Jul. 2019 3.
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