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Hakes
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Hakes

Merluccius

Merluccius is a genus of merluccid hakes from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, where mainly found relatively deep.

The generic name is derived from French mer ("sea") and Latin lucius, "pike."

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species

European Hake

speciesMerluccius merluccius

Silver Hake

speciesMerluccius bilinearis

Pacific Hake

speciesMerluccius productus

South Pacific Hake

speciesMerluccius gayi

Southern Hake

speciesMerluccius australis

South African Hake

speciesMerluccius capensis

Offshore Hake

speciesMerluccius albidus

Senegalese Hake

speciesMerluccius senegalensis

Argentine hake

speciesMerluccius hubbsi

Deep-water Cape Hake

speciesMerluccius paradoxus

Benguela Hake

speciesMerluccius polli

Ginsburg's Hake

speciesMerluccius polylepis

Merluccius angustimanus

speciesMerluccius angustimanus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82353.