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).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Phycidae
Genus: Urophycis
Maximum length: 66 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Northwest Atlantic: North Carolina to southern Nova Scotia, straying to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Rare European records are probably misidentifications of Urophycis tenuis .

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