Merluccius patagonicus, Patagonian hake

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Merluccius patagonicus Lloris & Matallanas, 2003

Patagonian hake
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Merlucciidae (Merluccid hakes)
Etymology: Merluccius: Latin, mar, maris = the sea + Latin, lucius = pike (Ref. 45335);  patagonicus: Named for the marine geographic region from which the species comes, Patagonia, Argentina..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 95 m (Ref. 50605). Tropical

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South Amercia: Patagonia, Argentina.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50605); 71.0 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 38-51; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 37 - 39. Body elongated and slender. Superior profile of the head with a depression above the eyes. Upper border of the opercular membrane inclined, descending from its origin, moving away from lateral line. Ocular diameter relatively large. Lateral line with 123-126 oblique rows of scales. First gill arch with 12-17 gill rakers (Ref. 50605).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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Lloris, D. and J. Matallanas, 2003. Description of a new species of hake: Merluccius patagonicus sp. Nov. (Gadiformes: Merlucciidae) from the waters of Argentina. Sci. Mar. 67(3):323-326. (Ref. 50605)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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