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The commercial catch individuals run between 1 and 2 feet long (30–60 cm), and average about 5 lb (2 kg). It is an excellent food fish. It is marketed as fresh or frozen fillets; a part of the catch is smoked. Global annual cusk catches in 1950–2003 from FAO statistics. The highest catch was 55,000 tonnes in 1980.
Burbot, Lota lota The burbot (Lota lota), also known as bubbot, [2] mariah, [3] loche, cusk, [4] freshwater cod, [5] freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, [6] or eelpout, is a species of coldwater ray-finned fish native to the subarctic regions of the Northern hemisphere.
Genypterus capensis, commonly known as kingklip, is a species of cusk eel occurring along the Southern African coast from Walvis Bay in Namibia to Algoa Bay in South Africa. [1] It is closely related to Genypterus blacodes from New Zealand. The species grows to a maximum length of 180 cm and a weight of 15.0 kg. [1]
In the United States, scrod haddock or cusk weighs 1 + 1 ... [12] "seaman’s catch received on deck," [11] supposedly any whitefish of the day; [citation needed] ...
The Pacific bearded brotula (Brotula clarkae) also known as the pink bearded cusk-eel or the red bearded cusk-eel is a species of cusk eel found in the Pacific Ocean ...
Cusk may refer to: Cusk (fish), a fish of the northern Atlantic Ocean in the genus Brosme; USS Cusk, a submarine; Burbot, a fish of the northern polar oceans in ...
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ophis meaning "snake", and refers to their eel -like appearance. True eels diverged from other ray-finned fish during the Jurassic , while cusk-eels are part of the Percomorpha clade, along with tuna, perch ...
Ophidiiformes / ɒ ˈ f ɪ d i. ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the cusk-eels (family Ophidiidae), pearlfishes (family Carapidae), viviparous brotulas (family Bythitidae), and others.