WoRMS taxon details
Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814)
126504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126504)
accepted
Species
Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Phycis borealis Saemundsson, 1913 · unaccepted
Phycis dekayi Kaup, 1858 · unaccepted
Phycis furcatus Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
Phycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814) · unaccepted
Urophysis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Arrangement and description of the codfishes of New-York: addressed to the editors. <em>In: Hosack, D. & J. W. Francis (eds.): The American medical and philosophical register; or, annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts. [2nd edition.] C. S. van Winkle, New York: i-xv + 1-675. The Amerian medical and philosophical register of annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts v. 4: 618-627.</em> Pp. 618-627.
page(s): 4 [details]
page(s): 4 [details]
Distribution Labrador to North Carolina
Distribution Labrador to North Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126504 on 2026-01-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Arrangement and description of the codfishes of New-York: addressed to the editors. <em>In: Hosack, D. & J. W. Francis (eds.): The American medical and philosophical register; or, annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts. [2nd edition.] C. S. van Winkle, New York: i-xv + 1-675. The Amerian medical and philosophical register of annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts v. 4: 618-627.</em> Pp. 618-627.
page(s): 4 [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 4 [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
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 Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on Atlantic herring, silver hake, red hake, crustaceans, squids and occasionally cannibalistic [details]Distribution Labrador to North Carolina [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found at soft muddy bottoms, mainly at depths of 180 m. [details]
Importance Scientific- Commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators Cod, possibly harbor and grey seals and occasionally cannibalism [details]
Reproduction Spawning occurs in winter and early spring, many (pelagic) eggs produced [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | witte heek | [details] |
| English | white hakeBoston ling | [details] |
| French | merluche blanche | [details] |
| German | weißer Gabeldorsch | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Urophysis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Phycis dekayi Kaup, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Phycis furcatus Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) (from synonym Phycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications) (from synonym Phycis borealis Saemundsson, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Urophycis tenuis)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Phycis dekayi Kaup, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Phycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Phycis borealis Saemundsson, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Phycis furcatus Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Urophysis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To GenBank (2516 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Phycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To GenBank (2516 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814)
To GenBank (2516 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phycis tenuis P19706 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Urophysis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Phycis dekayi Kaup, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Phycis furcatus Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) (from synonym Phycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications) (from synonym Phycis borealis Saemundsson, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Urophycis tenuis)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Phycis dekayi Kaup, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Phycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Phycis borealis Saemundsson, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Phycis furcatus Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Urophysis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To GenBank (2516 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Phycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814))
To GenBank (2516 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814)
To GenBank (2516 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phycis tenuis P19706 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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