Red codling
| Red codling | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Pseudophycis |
| Species: | P. bachus |
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Pseudophycis bachus (J. R. Forster, 1801) |
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The red codling or hoka,Pseudophycis bachus, is a morid cod of the genus Pseudophycis, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, from the surface to 700 m. Its length is up to 90 cm. P. bachus is a food source for the diving yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.
Red Cod is in the unsustainable section of the Forest & Bird Best Fish Guide, and near the middle of the table overall.
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