Phycidae

red hake

Urophycis chuss

Fish Reaching Sixty Six Centimeters in the Atlantic Ocean

• Red
• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Europe
• Elongated
• Large
• Temperate fish

The red hake or squirrel hake fish, Urophycis chuss, is a species of phycid hake. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean at depths between 10 and 500 m. It grows to about 30 in (75 cm) and 7 lb (3.2 kg).