#2256 · 🐟 fish

Forkbeard

🇳🇱 Gaffelkabeljauw ·Phycis phycis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

Phycis phycis , the forkbeard , is a species of phycid hakes in the family Phycidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 872iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
872 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Forkbeard
Nederlands: Gaffelkabeljauw
scientific name: Phycis phycis
class: Actinopterygii
order: Gadiformes
family: Phycidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 0
sightings in Europe: 746
sightings worldwide: 872
GBIF records in NL: 0
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1766

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118614, Wikidata Q2334725, GBIF 5214915, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.