Diagnostic Description
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Upper limb of the first gill arch with 2 or 3 rakers. Head with a series of dark spots; opercle with a dusky blotch. First dorsal fin with a dark blotch and a distinct white margin.
Diseases and Parasites
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Epitheliocystis. Bacterial diseases
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0
Biology
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Found onshore, most common between 110 and 185 m. Feed on crustaceans, and possibly fish and squids. Juveniles spend part of their time in estuaries.
Importance
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fisheries: minor commercial; price category: very high; price reliability: unreliable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this order
Urophycis regia
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Urophycis regia (spotted hake or spotted codling) is a species of phycid hake.
Description
The spotted hake can be distinguished by its tapering body, two dorsal fins, and filamentous pelvic fins similar to the white and red hake. It differs from the two, however, but not having a third ray of the dorsal fin prolonged into a filament, by having larger scales, and a larger mouth with the end of the maxillary behind the level of the back of the eye. Its coloration is distinctive, having a black distal half of the dorsal fin with a narrow white margin. The lateral line is black but interrupted by a series of white spots. Its pelvic fins are white.
Distribution and habitat
The spotted codling is found in the northwestern Atlantic from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.[2]
References
"The Inland Fishes of New York State." C. Lavett Smith.
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Urophycis regia: Brief Summary
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Urophycis regia (spotted hake or spotted codling) is a species of phycid hake.
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Diet
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Feeds on crustaceans
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Distribution
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Northwest Atlantic: southern New England to the northeast coast of Florida; also found in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico
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Habitat
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Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found at depths of 110- 185 m.
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Habitat
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benthic
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