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Species catalogue
Cape hake
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Merlucciidae
Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. It differs clearly from Merluccius capensis, which it shares the distribution zone with, because the Merluccius paradoxus lacks scales in the lacrimal, preoperculus and interoperculus as well as any type of submandibular spot.
Characteristics
FAO code
HKO
HKO
Specie
Merluccius paradoxus
Merluccius paradoxus
Type
White fish
White fish
FAO Fishing Areas
- Area 47: the Southeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 51: the Western part of the Indian Ocean
Fishing seasons
feb
apr
may
jun
jul
aug
sep
oct
nov
International denominations
Germany
Tiefwasser-Kapseehecht, Kap-Seehecht
France
Merlu blanc du Cap
Italy
Nasello dell’Oceano Indiano
Portugal
Pescada da Namíbia
United Kingdom
Cape hake
Fishing areas
