Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Merlucciidae Merluccid hakes
Subfamily: Merlucciinae
Genus: Merluccius

(See list of species below)

Select Class:	Select Order:
Select Family:	Subfamily:	Select Genus:

Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):

Specify a country:

Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

16 species (see list below)

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by JAMARC

Merluccius albidus
[Offshore silver hake]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Merluccius angustimanus
[Panama hake]

Photo by SeaFIC

Merluccius australis
[Southern hake]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Merluccius bilinearis
[Silver hake]

Photo by Le Noury, P.

Merluccius capensis
[Shallow-water Cape hake]

Photo by Busse, K.

Merluccius gayi gayi
[South Pacific hake]

Photo by Hooker, Y.

Merluccius gayi peruanus
[Peruvian hake]

No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific

Merluccius hernandezi
[Cortez hake]

Photo by INIDEP

Merluccius hubbsi
[Argentine hake]

Photo by Svensen, R.

Merluccius merluccius
[European hake]

Photo by Bañón Díaz, R.

Merluccius paradoxus
[Deep-water Cape hake]

No picture found
South Amercia
Max. Length 71 cm SL

Merluccius patagonicus
[Patagonian hake]

Photo by FAO

Merluccius polli
[Benguela hake]

Photo by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.

Merluccius productus
[North Pacific hake]

Photo by FAO

Merluccius senegalensis
[Senegalese hake]

No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 37 cm SL

Merluccius tasmanicus
[]

16 Species of Family Merlucciidae with Genus Merluccius
(Merluccid hakes)

Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:

Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1818	Merluccius albidus	Offshore silver hake	Western Central Atlantic	70 TL
1899	Merluccius angustimanus	Panama hake	Eastern Pacific	40 TL
1872	Merluccius australis	Southern hake	Circumglobal in the south	155 SL
1814	Merluccius bilinearis	Silver hake	Northwest Atlantic	76 TL
1861	Merluccius capensis	Shallow-water Cape hake	Southeast Atlantic	140 TL
1848	Merluccius gayi gayi	South Pacific hake	Southeast Pacific	87 TL
1954	Merluccius gayi peruanus	Peruvian hake	Southeast Pacific	115 TL
1985	Merluccius hernandezi	Cortez hake	Eastern Central Pacific
1933	Merluccius hubbsi	Argentine hake	Southwest Atlantic	95 TL
1758	Merluccius merluccius	European hake	Eastern Atlantic	140 TL
1960	Merluccius paradoxus	Deep-water Cape hake	Southeast Atlantic	115 TL
2003	Merluccius patagonicus	Patagonian hake	South Amercia	71 SL
1950	Merluccius polli	Benguela hake	Eastern Atlantic	80 TL
1855	Merluccius productus	North Pacific hake	Eastern Pacific	91 TL
1950	Merluccius senegalensis	Senegalese hake	Eastern Atlantic	81 TL
2006	Merluccius tasmanicus		Western Pacific	37 SL

Other identification tools in FishBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.

cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, , php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 , last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: GadiformesFamily: Merlucciidae Merluccid hakesSubfamily: MerlucciinaeGenus: Merluccius(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Merlucciidae Merluccid hakes
Subfamily: Merlucciinae
Genus: Merluccius

(See list of species below)