''Phycis blennoides'', the greater forkbeard, is a species of

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

belonging to the family

Phycidae The phycidae are a family of hakes in the order Gadiformes. They are native to the Atlantic Ocean, but the juveniles of some species enter estuaries. Sometimes this family is classified as the subfamily Phycinae of the cod family, Gadidae Th ...

. It is native to Europe, Northern Africa, Northern America.

References

Phycidae Taxa named by Morten Thrane Brünnich Fish described in 1768 {{gadiformes-stub