White hake (Urophycis tenuis) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 100–1000 m.
Scientific name: Urophycis tenuis · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 133 cm
The white hake is a demersal phycid found on the soft, muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and upper slope, and it is mostly found at 180 m. It is recorded from 100 to 1,000 m. Mature fish migrate inshore in the northern Gulf of Maine and later disperse and move into the deepest areas, and it feeds on small crustaceans, squids and small fish. Its range is the western Atlantic, from Labrador and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to the coast of North Carolina, straying to Iceland in the east and Florida in the south. Maximum length is about 133 cm total length, commonly about 70 cm, and it can live 23 years, maturing at about 46 cm. It is a highly commercial species and a gamefish, utilized fresh, smoked or frozen, with a low price category. Fishing vulnerability is high to very high at 72 of 100 and resilience low, and climate vulnerability is moderate to high at 53 of 100; no IUCN assessment is recorded for it.
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