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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?><fishbase> 
<species pointdatarec='91'> 
<speccode>323</speccode> 
<genus link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.php?ID=Merluccius'>Merluccius</genus> 
<speciesfb link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/PiscesSummary.php?ID=323'>bilinearis</speciesfb> 
<author casrefno='3030' link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/EschmeyerSummary.php?RefNo=3030'>(Mitchill, 1814)</author> 
<family link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=184'>Merlucciidae</family> 
<commonname>Merluccid hakes</commonname> 
<subfamily></subfamily> 
<order link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/ordersSummary.php?order=Gadiformes'>Gadiformes</order> 
<class>Teleostei</class> 
<fbname>Silver hake</fbname>
<distribution>Northwest Atlantic:  coast of Canada and USA from Bell Isle Channel to the Bahamas; most common from southern Newfoundland to South Carolina.</distribution> 
<picname src='https://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Mebil_u0.jpg' link='https://www.fishbase.org/photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=323' alt='Show available picture(s) for Merluccius bilinearis'></picname> 
</species> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 590287</catID> 
<lat>45 N</lat> 
<long>67 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 530198</catID> 
<lat>45 N</lat> 
<long>66 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 550491</catID> 
<lat>37 N</lat> 
<long>76 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 21510</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22185</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22186</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22187</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22188</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22189</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22190</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22191</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22192</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22193</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22194</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22195</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22196</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 22197</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55109</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 57921</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>43 N</lat> 
<long>70 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 4455</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1912</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 4465</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1912</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 4210</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1913</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 4962</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1914</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 7056</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1917</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 33-1960</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1960</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth>290 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 221319</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1961</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 221561</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1961</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 64807</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 4015-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth>200 - 1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55105</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1973</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55106</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1973</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 37331</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 37270</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1975</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 39525</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1976</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 225410</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1978</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55107</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1978</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55108</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1978</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18665</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1978</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18666</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1978</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18699</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1978</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 221810</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 40217</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 40218</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 40669</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 40672</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 40682</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55086</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3407-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth>460 - 400 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 221802</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 221867</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 43407</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55091</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55092</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55094</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55095</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55096</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55098</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55100</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55103</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55104</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1980</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55090</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1981</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55093</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1981</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55097</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1981</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55099</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1981</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55101</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1981</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55102</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1981</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 75352</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1982</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 75745</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1982</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 44-1982</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1982</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth>15 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 55548</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1984</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IIPB 396/1987 </catID> 
<lat>40 N</lat> 
<long>73 W</long> 
<year>1984</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth>16 - 16 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IIPB 397/1987 </catID> 
<lat>40 N</lat> 
<long>73 W</long> 
<year>1984</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth>16 - 16 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 221599</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1985</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 56488</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1985</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IIPB 52/1996 </catID> 
<lat>49 N</lat> 
<long>43 W</long> 
<year>1985</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth>48 - 153 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IIPB 53/1996 </catID> 
<lat>49 N</lat> 
<long>43 W</long> 
<year>1985</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth>48 - 153 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 56514</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 59343</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 59348</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 59349</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 59354</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 59361</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 89363</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 89364</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 89421</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 89422</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 89423</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 56913</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1987</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 56914</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1987</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 56971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1987</year> 
<nameused>Merluccius bilinearis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
</fishbase>