hake

Also known as colin, Hake fish

thumb|Silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis thumb|Spotted codling, Urophycis regia

Species

Pine Grosbeak

species

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Image: Illustration from The Natural History of British Fishes (1802) by Edward Donovan, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com 25.jpg
Length: 110
Life expectancy: 20

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Commons category: Hake
taxon name: Merluccius merluccius

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Description
''Merlucciidae''
Commercial use
Fisheries
Over-exploitation
Human introduction to non-native areas
Notes
References

thumb|Silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis thumb|Spotted codling, Urophycis regia

Hake () is the common name for fish in the Merlucciidae family of the northern and southern oceans and the Phycidae family of the northern oceans. Hake is a commercially important fish in the same taxonomic order, Gadiformes, as cod and haddock.