Urophycis tenuis, White hake : fisheries, gamefish

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Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814)

White hake
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Common names from other countries

Merluche blanche, Locha blanca, Налим нитеперый белый, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gadiformes (Cods) > Phycidae (Phycid hakes)
Etymology: Urophycis: Greek, oura = tail + Greek, phyke, pykis, -idos = the female of a fish that lives among algae (Greek = phykon), related with the gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Mitchill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 1000 m (Ref. 5951), usually 100 - 247 m (Ref. 1371). Temperate; 66°N - 27°N, 81°W - 13°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Labrador and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to the coast of North Carolina. Straying to Iceland in the east and Florida in the south.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm 46.0, range 48 - ? cm
Max length : 133 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); 135.0 cm TL (female); common length : 70.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1371); peso massimo pubblicato: 21.0 kg (Ref. 4699); Età massima riportata: 23 anni (Ref. 796)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Spine anali: 0. Upper limb or first gill arch with 2 (rarely 3) rakers. First dorsal in with an elongated ray. Body color variable, dorsally various dark shades, paler laterally, sometimes bronze, belly pale dirty to yellow white; pelvic fin pale. A dusky blotch present on the opercle.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: circular.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found on soft, muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and upper slope. It is mostly found at 180 m. Mature fish migrate inshore in the northern Gulf of Maine in summer, disperse in autumn, and move into deepest areas in winter. Feed on small crustaceans, squids and small fish. Utilized fresh, smoked or frozen; eaten steamed, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988). Exported to Europe (Ref. 9988).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: elevato interesse commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
FAO - pesca: landings; Publication: search | FIRMS - Stock assessments | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 1.2 - 7.8, mean 4.8 °C (based on 160 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5044   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00398 (0.00336 - 0.00471), b=3.16 (3.11 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  4.3   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 10.4 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.11; tm=2; tmax=23; Fec=1 million).
Prior r = 0.40, 95% CL = 0.26 - 0.59, Based on 3 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 15.8 [9.1, 31.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.316 [0.184, 0.544] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.8, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.602 [0.318, 1.095] g/100g; Selenium = 25.5 [14.3, 49.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.8 [3.9, 41.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.325 [0.235, 0.457] mg/100g (wet weight);