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Hakes are medium-to-large fish averaging from 0.5 to 3.6 kilograms (1 to 8 pounds) in weight, with specimens as large as 27 kg (60 lb). [2] The fish can grow up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in length with a lifespan of as long as 14 years. Hake may be found in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean in waters from 200 to 350 metres (660 to 1,150 ft) deep.
Description. Merluccius merluccius. Merluccius merluccius is a slim-bodied fish with a large head and large jaws in which are set a number of large curved teeth, [2] the lower jaw having two rows of teeth and the upper jaw one row. [3] The inside of the mouth and the branchial cavity are black. [4] The body is at its widest just behind its head ...
The North Pacific hake, Pacific hake, Pacific whiting, or jack salmon (Merluccius productus) is a ray-finned fish in the genus Merluccius, found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from northern Vancouver Island to the northern part of the Gulf of California. It is a silver-gray fish with black speckling, growing to a length of 90 cm (3 ft).
Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954. Merluccius australis, the southern hake, is a species of fish from the family Merlucciidae, the true hakes. It is found in the southern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with two disjunct populations, one around southern South America and the other in the waters around New Zealand.
Merluccius capensis (shallow-water Cape hake or South African hake) is a ray-finned fish in the genus Merluccius, found in the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean, along the coast of South Africa. It is a long, lean fish with a large head, similar in appearance to the European hake and the deep-water Cape hake. By day, it lives close to the bottom on ...
The blue grenadier (also known as hoki, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, or whiptail hake, Macruronus novaezelandiae) is a merluccid hake of the family Merlucciidae found around southern Australia and New Zealand, as well as off both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America from Peru to Brazil [1] at depths of between 10 and 1,000 m (33 and 3,300 ft).
Steindachneria. The Merlucciidae, commonly called merluccid hakes / mərˈluːtʃɪd /, [1][2] are a family of cod-like fish, including most hakes. [3] They are native to cold water in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and typically are found at depths greater than 50 m (160 ft) in subtropical, temperate, sub- Arctic or sub- Antarctic regions.
Merluccius polli is a bathydemersal species that, in the northern part of its range, occurs on the continental shelf and upper continental slope. Females reach sexual maturity when they reach a length of around 44 cm and spawning occurs in the autumn. The most successful recruitment happens between temperatures of 8–11 °C.