White hake
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| White hake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Phycidae |
| Genus: | Urophycis |
| Species: | U. tenuis |
| Binomial name | |
| Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814) | |
The white hake or mud hake, Urophycis tenuis, is a phycid hake of the genus Urophycis, found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Newfoundland, at depths of about 1,000 metres. It grows to about 4 ft (1.2 m).
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Urophycis tenuis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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