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Species: Merluccius albidus, Offshore Hake

head 27-32% SL

D2 35-39

gill rakers 8-11, short & blunt

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Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)

Offshore Hake

Body elongate, compressed, tapering to a narrow tail base; head large (27-32% of SL) and flattened, with a V shape crest on top; large eyes and mouth, lower jaw slightly projecting; jaw teeth long, strong and pointed, in 2 irregular rows; teeth on center but not sides of roof of mouth; 8-11 short, thick, blunt-tipped gill rakers; 2 separate dorsal fins, the 1st shorter and triangular, the 2nd with a long base (35-39 rays)and partly divided by a notch; anal fin similar to 2nd dorsal fin, 35-41 rays; well developed, non filamentous pelvic fins, 7 rays, situated under rear edge of operculum; tail fin short, slightly forked; scales small; 104-119 scales on the lateral line.

Color grey-brown above, remainder silvery white.

Size: 70 cm.

Habitat: on and nocturnally pelagic above soft bottoms.

Depth: 60-1170 m.

Maine to southern Brazil.

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Salinity

Brackish
Marine

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore
Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom
Bottom + water column
Mid Water
Near Bottom

Habitat

Sand & gravel
Water column
Mud
Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Bathydemersal

Feeding Group

Carnivore
Data
Planktivore

Diet

Data
Zooplankton
Bony fishes
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
Octopus/squid/cuttlefish

Egg Type

Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

All species
Greater Caribbean non-endemic
West Atlantic Endemic

Regional Endemism

Also in Brazil
Continent
Continent + Island (s)
Continental primarily
Extends N + S of GC
Extends North of GC
Extends South of GC
GC non-endemic
Island (s)
All species

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
Temperate (>35N)
Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

70

Depth Range Min

60

Depth Range Max

1170

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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

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Species - Merluccius albidus

Habitat

Salinity

Brackish

Marine

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore

Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom

Bottom + water column

Mid Water

Near Bottom

Habitat

Sand & gravel

Water column

Mud

Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Bathydemersal

Feeding

Feeding Group

Carnivore

Data

Planktivore

Diet

Data

Zooplankton

Bony fishes

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves

Octopus/squid/cuttlefish

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

All species

Greater Caribbean non-endemic

West Atlantic Endemic

Regional Endemism

Also in Brazil

Continent

Continent + Island (s)

Continental primarily

Extends N + S of GC

Extends North of GC

Extends South of GC

GC non-endemic

Island (s)

All species

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

Temperate (>35N)

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

70

Depth

Depth Range Min

60

Depth Range Max

1170

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

Latitude Limit S

Longitude Limit W

Longitude Limit E

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

0

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

0

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

0, 0

Range Polygon Area: Km²

0 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

-1, -1

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

712

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

10,133,269 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

20.6054,-78.21415

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