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Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)

Offshore silver hake
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> Gadiformes (Cods) > Merlucciidae (Merluccid hakes)
Etymology: Merluccius: Latin, mar, maris = the sea + Latin, lucius = pike (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Mitchill.

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

marino batidemersal; no migratorio; rango de profundidad 80 - 1170 m (Ref. 1371), usually 160 - 640 m (Ref. 1371). Deep-water; 42°N - 4°N, 98°W - 50°W (Ref. 58452)

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Western Central Atlantic: Georges Bank, New England to Suriname and French Guiana.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 28.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.6 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1371); 70.0 cm TL (female); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1371); common length :45 cm TL (female); peso máximo publicado: 0.00 g

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 1; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 45 - 51; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 35 - 41; Vértebra: 51 - 53. Head rather long; mouth large; gill rakers short and thick, with blunt tips; pectoral fin tips reaching a vertical through anus in small fish but not in larger ones; overall color silvery white (Ref. 1371).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Offshore species which inhabit the outer part of the continental shelf and upper part of the slope. Feed at night when they come up towards the surface (Ref. 1371). Juveniles feed primarily on crustaceans (Ref. 58452). Adults' food consists primarily of fishes (particularly lantern fishes, sardines and anchovies) and, to a lesser extent, crustaceans and squids (Ref. 1371). Spawning occurs near the bottom at 330-550 m depth range from April to July in New England and from late spring to early autumn in the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean Sea (Ref. 58452). Marketed fresh, frozen and smoked.

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Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 7.1 - 20.5, mean 12.6 °C (based on 182 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00453 - 0.01269), b=3.01 (2.86 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 2.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming tmax > 3 and tm >=2; K=0.57; Fec=340,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 16.3 [7.2, 65.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.484 [0.080, 1.352] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.7, 18.6] %; Omega3 = 0.252 [0.112, 0.506] g/100g; Selenium = 24.9 [9.8, 55.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11 [2, 52] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.301 [0.197, 0.490] mg/100g (wet weight);