Species: Merluccius productus, North-Pacific hake, Pacific hake
Merluccius productus (Ayres, 1855)
Pacific hake, North-Pacific hake
Body elongate, compressed, tapering to a narrow tail base; head short (24.7-28.9% of SL), 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; 18-23 gill rakers; 2 separate dorsal fins, the 1st shorter and triangular, (I, 9-12) the 2nd with a long base and partly divided by a notch, 39-44 rays; anal fin similar to 2nd dorsal fin, 36-42; well developed, non filamentous pelvic fins, 7 rays, situated before the pectorals; tail fin short, slightly forked; scales small, 125-144 on the lateral line.
Silvery above, whitish below.
Size: 91cm.
Habitat: pelagic.
Depth: 12-1400 m.
Oregon to and throughout the Gulf of California; the Revillagigedos
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- In & Offshore
- Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Near Bottom
- Mid Water
- Near Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathypelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Bony fishes
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- TEP non-endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- All species
- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- California province, primarily
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 91
- Depth Range Min
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- 12
- Depth Range Max
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- 1400
