Species: Phycis chesteri, Longfin Hake

Phycis chesteri Goode & Bean, 1878

Longfin Hake

Body soft, elongate, tail base narrow; no V shaped ridge on top of head; gill openings wide, extending above pectoral fins; mouth large, extends to under center of eye or further back, overhung by snout; chin barbel short; well developed patch of teeth on front of roof of mouth; fins without spines; 2 dorsal fins, 1st short based and triangular, 8-13 rays, 1st ray very long (>head length), second long based, with straight edge, 55-57; 1 anal fin, long based, without an indentation on edge; pelvic fins under end of opercle, bases well separated, with 2 rays forming long feelers, longest ray reaching to or past end of anal fin base; tail fin separate from dorsal and anal fins, small, rounded; pectoral fin not reaching beyond anal fin origin; scales round, overlapping, not set at right angles; lateral line complete, part on head with pores.

Olive on sides, belly pale; edges of dorsal, tail and anal fins darker.

Reaches 40 cm.

On and above bottom.

Depth range: 90-1500 m, commonest at 360-800 m.

Newfoundland to the Gulf of Mexico.