Common name of Merluccius merluccius
 
Common name Herring hake
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United Kingdom
Locality
Ref. Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'herring', from Old English 'haering', i.e., the gray fish, from prehistoric West Germanic 'kheringgaz', i.e., 'kher' = English 'hoar', i.e., silvery gray color of herring (p. 281 in Ref. 11979).
 
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