Merlucciidae

hake

Merluccius gayi

Merlucciid Fish beneath Southeast Pacific

• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• South America
• Fusiform
• Large

Merluccius gayi is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius, with two subspecies, the South Pacific hake or Chilean common hake (M. g. gayi) and the Peruvian hake (M. g. peruanus), found in the south-western Pacific Ocean, along the coast of South America, from Peru (Merluccius gayi peruanus) to the Chilean coasts north to the Chiloé Archipelago.