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Hake. Silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis. Spotted Codling, Urophycis regia. Hake / heɪk / is the common name for fish in the Merlucciidae family of the northern and southern oceans [1] and the Phycidae family [a] of the northern oceans. Hake is a commercially important fish in the same taxonomic order, Gadiformes, as cod and haddock .
Seafood includes any form of food taken from the sea. Annual seafood consumption per capita (2017) [1] Seafood is the culinary name for food that comes from any form of sea life, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g., bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters, and mussels ).
Oarfish are large, greatly elongated, pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the small family Regalecidae. [1] Found in areas spanning from temperate ocean zones to tropical ones, yet rarely seen, the oarfish family contains three species in two genera. [2] One of these, the giant oarfish ( Regalecus glesne ), is the longest bony fish alive ...
The haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) is a saltwater ray-finned fish from the family Gadidae, the true cods.It is the only species in the monotypic genus Melanogrammus.It is found in the North Atlantic Ocean and associated seas, where it is an important species for fisheries, especially in northern Europe, where it is marketed fresh, frozen and smoked; smoked varieties include the Finnan ...
Oxford Dictionary of Biology (often abbreviated to ODB) is a multiple editions dictionary published by the English Oxford University Press. With more than 5,500 entries, [1] [2] it contains comprehensive information in English on topics relating to biology, biophysics, and biochemistry. [3] The first edition was published in 1985 as A Concise ...
Human biology is an interdisciplinary area of academic study that examines humans through the influences and interplay of many diverse fields such as genetics, evolution, physiology, anatomy, epidemiology, anthropology, ecology, nutrition, population genetics, and sociocultural influences. [1] It is closely related to the biomedical sciences ...
Fish fillets comprise the flesh of the fish, which is the skeletal muscles and fat as opposed to the bones and organs. Fillets are usually obtained by slicing the fish parallel to the spine, rather than perpendicular to the spine as is the case with steaks. The remaining bones with the attached flesh is called the "frame", and is often used to ...
Grouper. Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes . Not all serranids are called "groupers"; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name "grouper" is usually given to fish in one of two large genera: Epinephelus and Mycteroperca.