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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for White Hake (Hake; Urophycis tenuis)

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Nomenclature Table

RFE LinkFDA - SL Market Name
FDA - SL Common Name
FDA - SL Scientific Name
RFE 2 Letter Code
RFE 8 Letter Code
FDA - SL Vernacular NamesAFS Common Name
AFS Scientific Name
AFS Other Names
AFS Synonyms
FAO Scientific Name
FAO Species Code
FAO Common Name English
FAO Common Name French
FAO Common Name Spanish
FAO Synonyms






White HakeFDA-SL Market Name: Hake
FDA-SL Common Name: White Hake
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Urophycis tenuis
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: hk
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: uroptenu
Vernac. 1) Codling
Vernac. 2) Squirrel Hake
Vernac. 3) Ling
Vernac. 4) Steakfish





AFS Common Name: White Hake
AFS Sci. Name: Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814)
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.
FAO Sci. Name: Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814)
FAO Species Code: GADI Uroph 7
FAO Common English: White hake
FAO Common French: Merluche blanche
FAO Common Spanish: Locha banca
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814;
Rept. in Part Fishes N.Y.:4.

FAO Synonyms: Phycis furcatus Fleming, 1828;
Phycis americanus Storer, 1858;
Phycis dekayi Kaup, 1858;
Phycis tenis Gill, 1864;
Urophycis (Emphycis) tenuis Jordan and Evermann, 1898;
Phycis borealis Saemundsson, 1913.

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageWhite Hake
Urophycis tenuis
Hake
ALabrador and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to the coast of N. Carolina. Straying to Iceland in the east and Florida in the south.

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