Benguela hake
📖 Overview
Feeds mainly on small fishes and partly on squids and shrimps . Marketed mostly fresh and frozen, also used for fishmeal and oil . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 1371.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 45 - 52. Head large and little depressed. Pectoral fin tips usually reaching the origin of anal fin in small but not in large individuals. Scales easily shed. Color usually blackish on back, steel gray to blackish on belly; caudal fin white-edged.: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Benguela hake is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 50 - 1248 m , usually 50 - 550 m . Deep-water; 29°N - 19°S, 19°W - 15°E West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola.
🌿 Ecology
small fishes and partly on squids and shrimps (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Benguela hake · hake |
| 🌍AFR | stokvis |
| 🌍CES | štikozubec Pollův |
| 🇩🇪German | Benguela Seehecht |
| 🇫🇷French | merlu · merlu d'Afrique tropicale · merluche |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Nasello atlantico |
| 🌍LIT | bengelinė jūrinė lydeka |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Benguelaheek |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Merluza-lisa · marmota · pescada · pescada Angolense · pescada africana · pescada de Angola |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Ангольская мерлуза |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | merluza · merluza de Angola · merluza de Benguela · merluza negra |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merluccius cadenati | Doutre | 1960 | Synonym |
| Merluccius merluccius cadenati | Doutre | 1960 | Synonym |
| Merluccius merluccius polli | Cadenat | 1950 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 670 records indexed .
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