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Merluccius merluccius or the European hake is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius. Other vernacular names include Cornish salmon and herring hake . It is a predatory species, which was often netted alongside one of its favoured prey, the Atlantic herring , hence the latter common name .
Merluccius paradoxus, the deep-water Cape hake, is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius, found in the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean, along the coast of Southern Africa, south of Angola. Its range extends in decreasing abundance around the southern coast of Africa and into the Indian Ocean , but it is at its most plentiful in the cold ...
The merlucciidae, commonly called merluccid hakes / m ər ˈ l uː tʃ ɪ d /, [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.
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 .
Merluccius australis has two distinct populations one in New Zealand and the other in the eastern South Pacific and western South Atlantic. The New Zealand population is found over the Chatham Rise, Campbell Plateau and around South Island north to the East Cape, the South American population extends from Chiloé Island south to 59°S in the Pacific, around Cape Horn and north to 38°S in the ...
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 .
Southern hake is a common name for several fishes and may refer to: Merluccius australis , native to the south Pacific Ocean Urophycis floridana [ Wikidata ] , native to the north Atlantic Ocean