Merluccius bilinearis

E415376

Merluccius bilinearis is a North Atlantic hake species of cod-like marine fish valued in commercial fisheries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Merluccius bilinearis canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marine fish ⓘ
ray-finned fish ⓘ
species ⓘ
bodyShape elongated ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialUse commercial fisheries ⓘ
commonName Atlantic hake ⓘ
silver hake ⓘ
describedBy Mitchill ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
distributionRegion Georges Bank ⓘ
Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic Bight ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador waters ⓘ
Scotian Shelf ⓘ
eastern coast of North America ⓘ
ecologicalRole mid-trophic predator ⓘ
family Merlucciidae ⓘ
fishedFor human consumption ⓘ
fisheryType gillnet fisheries ⓘ
trawl fisheries ⓘ
foundInWaterBody Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
genus Merluccius ⓘ
habitat demersal ⓘ
marine ⓘ
hasJaw true ⓘ
hasVertebralColumn true ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
livesInZone continental shelf ⓘ
managedBy NOAA Fisheries ⓘ
maximumLength about 76 cm ⓘ
nativeTo Northwest Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Western North Atlantic ⓘ
order Gadiformes ⓘ
parentTaxon Merluccius ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
product whitefish fillets ⓘ
resembles cod-like fish ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
spawningBehavior pelagic spawner ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
trophicLevel predatory fish ⓘ
typicalLength 30–50 cm ⓘ
usedAs food fish ⓘ
yearDescribed 1814 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gadidae → containsTaxon → Merluccius bilinearis ⓘ