species| Hake |
 HAKE | The Hake has two dorsal fins and one anal fin, second dorsal and anal fins are notched. No barbel on its chin. First vertebra and neutral spine attached to skull. Frontals separate, with two ridges diverging from supraoccipital crest and bordering a large triangular depression. Parapophyses expanded, without ribs excepting first short pair and with epipleurals only on first three or four vertebrae. SIZE | The Hake can grow to become 120 cm, however it is usually 30-70 cm. DEPTH | Midwater or at bottom, chiefly at 100-300 m, at edge and slope of continental shelf. In shoals, in deep water in winter and more inshore in summer, feeds mainly in midwater at night, returning to bottom at daytime. COLOUR | Usually slate grey above, lighter on sides and white belly, inside of mouth and branchial cavity is black. CHARACTERISTICS | The Hake has two dorsal fins and one anal fin. Second dorsal and anal fins are notched. No barbel on its chin. FOOD | Almost entirely fish, in deep water blue whiting, in summer whiting. REPRODUCTION | In north later than in south, usually April-July off Ireland and May-August Scotland. HERE TO CATCH IT | North-eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea. Elsewhere, southward recorded at Prot-Etienne. See also map below showing where the Hake breed. |
