| Red hake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Phycidae |
| Genus: | Urophycis |
| Species: | U. chuss |
| Binomial name | |
| Urophycis chuss (Walbaum, 1792) |
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The red hake or squirrel hake, Urophycis chuss, is a phycid hake of the genus Urophycis, Atlantic Ocean at depths of between 10 and 500 m. It grows to about 30 inches (75 cm) and 7 lb (3.2 kg). Red hake are known to be an eating fish and not sought out by recreational fisherman as a gamefish.