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The silver hake, Atlantic hake, or New England hake (Merluccius bilinearis) is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius, found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. It is highly predatory and typically feeds on fish and crustaceans.
Silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis Spotted codling, Urophycis regia. Hake / h eɪ k / 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.
[4] [7] It has long antennae, and moves in a wiggling motion that resembles the movement of a fish. [8] This, coupled with its appearance and silvery scales, inspires its common name. Silverfish can regenerate lost terminal filaments and antennae within four weeks. [9] Silverfish typically live for up to three years. [10] The silverfish is an ...
Fishes with a common name of silver fish or silverfish may include: Aphareus rutilans; Argentina sphyraena; Argyrozona argyrozona; Labeobarbus bynni; Enteromius mattozi;
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
The silver cyprinid has a lake-wide distribution covering both inshore and offshore in Lake Victoria. It normally occurs between 0 and 20 m (0–66 ft) in depth, although both eggs and fry can be encountered as deep as 68 m (223 ft). The adult fish stay close to the bottom in daytime and rise up towards the surface at night.
Diplodus argenteus, the silver porgy, is an ocean-going species of sparid fish (seabream/porgies). It is also called the South American silver porgy [ 1 ] and the white bream in Uruguay , plus the silver seabream and the sargo , though the latter three names are also used for other fish species as well.
Metynnis argenteus is a species of serrasalmid fish endemic to the Tapajós River Basin in Brazil.It is one of the species known in the aquarium trade as the "silver dollar". M. argenteus is generally considered the archetypal silver dollar, although it and the very similar M. hypsauchen frequently have been confused.