Silver hake

Order Gadiformes

Family Merlucciidae

Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Long head, between 3.4 and 4.0 times in standard length. Long pectoral fins, reaching the origin of the anal fin. Silver gray in its upper half, white in the lower half.

Characteristics

FAO code
HKS

Specie
Merluccius bilinearis

Type
White fish

FAO Fishing Areas

Area 21: the Northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 31: the Western part of the Atlantic Ocean

Fishing seasons

feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov

International denominations

Germany Nordamerikanischer Seehecht

France Merlu argenté

Italy Nasello atlantico

Portugal Pescada prateada

United Kingdom Silver hake

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