WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412. page(s): 409 [details]
original description
(of Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954) Ginsburg, I. (1954). Whitings on the coasts of the American continent. <em>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> 56 (96): 187-208. [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source
Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [details]
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From other sources
Diet Feeds on lanternfishes, merlucciids, squid and crustaceans [details]
Distribution Scotian shelf off eastern Canada, into eastern Canada into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Rio de Janeiro [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat deepwater species occuring over a wide depth range, usually deeper than 183m [details]
Importance Social- Minor Commercial, fishery [details]
Reproduction Spawning occurs from April to July, possibly near the bottom in depths of 330-550m. [details]
Language | Name | |
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English |
offshore whitingoffshore silver hakeoffshore hake |
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French |
merlu du largemerlu blancmerlu argenté du largemerlu |
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German |
Seehecht |
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Japanese |
ofushoa-heiku |
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Portuguese |
prescada prateada do alto |
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Spanish |
merluza norteamericana meridionalmerluza blanca de alturamerluza blancamerluza |
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