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HAKE (Merluccius vulgaris)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 828 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAKE (Merluccius vulgaris)  , a fish which differs from the
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cod in having only two dorsal fins, and one anal . It is very
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common on the coasts of
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Europe and eastern North
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America, but its flesh is much less esteemed than that of the true Gadi . Specimens 4 ft. in length are not scarce . There are
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local variations in the use of " hake " as a name; in America the "
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silver hake " (Merluccius bilinearis), sometimes called "whiting," and " Pacific hake " (Merluccius productus) are also food-fishes of inferior quality .

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