Luminous hake

Luminous hake
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gadiformes
Suborder: Macrouroidei
Family: Steindachneriidae
Parr, 1942
Genus: Steindachneria
Goode & Bean, 1888
Species:
S. argentea
Binomial name
Steindachneria argentea
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896

The luminous hake (Steindachneria argentea) is a West Atlantic member of the gadiform fishes. It is the only extant member of its genus, and of the family Steindachneriidae. It was formerly placed in the Merlucciidae.

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