Hake

Silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis
Spotted codling, Urophycis regia

Hake /hk/ 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.

  1. ^ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Philip C. (1995). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Grahamstown, South Africa: Southern Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86812-032-1.


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