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| | Synonyms
| | | | Merluccius merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1962 |
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| FAO Names | | En - Deep-water Cape hake, Fr - Merlu du large du Cap, Sp - Merluza de altura del Cabo. |
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3Alpha Code: HKO Taxonomic Code: 1480500410 |
| Scientific Name with Original Description | | | Merluccius capensis paradoxus Franca, 1960, Mem.Junta Inv.Ultram 2(18):4(southwest Africa). |
| Diagnostic Features
| | | Head large, its length 26.0 to 28.6% of standard length. Measurements in relation to head length: upper jaw 46.0 to 51.6%; snout length 30.6 to 35.3%; interorbital width 22.5 to 28.0%
; gill rakers long, slender, numerous, with pointed tips; total number on first arch 18 to 23.
First dorsal fin with 1 spine and 9 to 11 rays; second dorsal fin with 38 to 42 rays; anal fin with 38 to 41 rays; pectoral fins rather long, and reaching to or beyond origin of anal fin.
Scales small, 121 to 143 along lateral line.
Number of vertebrae 26 to 28 (precaudal) + 28 to 30 (caudal) = 54 to 58 (total).
Colour: dark brownish on back, silvery whitish on belly.
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| Geographical Distribution | |
| | Southern and southwestern Africa, from Cape Frio (18°S) south to the Agulhas Bank, and east to East London; also found on the Madagascar Ridge (33°S 44°E). |
| Habitat and Biology | | The deep-water Cape hake lives close to the bottomat continental slope depths from 200 m to at least 850 m, occurring generally deeper in the north (450 m or more) than in the south (300 to 350 m).Females grow faster than males.
Spawning probably occurs from September to November.
Feeds on fishes, mysids, euphausiids and squids; the young feed mainly on euphausiids, but the diet becomes polyphagous with growth. |
| Size | | | Estimated maximum length: 82 cm (females), 53 cm (males); commonly 40 to 60 cm. |
| Interest to Fisheries | |
Global Capture production for
Merluccius paradoxus
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Catch statistics for this hake are not separated from those of the shallow-water Cape hake (M. capensis ) because of the similar appearance of these two species. The species has probably been a significant component in the distant-water catches of fleets since 1962. Most common fishing techniques are "demersal bottom trawling", groundfish longlining" and "Hake trawling".
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| Local Names | | | ANGOLA :
Marmota ,
Pescada . |
| PORTUGAL :
Marmota ,
Pescada . |
| SOUTH AFRICA :
Deepwater hake ,
Deepwater stockvis . |
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Bibliography Botha, (1973) Inada, (1981a) Quero, (1973) |
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