Author: Marini, 1933
FBname: Argentine hake
Comments: Adults inhabit continental shelf depths mainly between 100 and 200 m (Ref. 1371).  Larger individuals feed on fish (anchovies, hake, nototheniids, myctophids and Southern blue whitings), squids and macrozooplankton (euphausiids and amphipods); smaller individuals feed on mysids and amphipods (Ref. 1371).  Migrate inshore during spring and summer, and offshore into deep water wintering areas after spawning; also undertake diel vertical migrations (Ref. 1371).  Sold fresh and frozen.