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Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814)

White hake
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Common names: Mud hake, White hake
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
Importance: highly commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia (Ref. 5951). Also Ref. 1371, 85409.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Phycidae (Phycid hakes)
Etymology: Urophycis: Greek, oura = tail + Greek, phyke, pykis, -idos = the female of a fish that lives among algae (Greek = phykon), related with the gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Mitchill.

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

Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 100 - 1000 m (Ref. 5951), usually 100 - 247 m (Ref. 1371).   Temperate; 66°N - 27°N, 81°W - 13°W

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