Argentine hake
The Argentine hake is a species of merluccid hake found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, specifically along the coast of Argentina and Uruguay. Like many of its congeners, it is of commercial importance.
Taxonomy
The Argentine hake was described by the Argentine ichthyologist Tomás Marini in 1933, with the specific epithet honoring the American ichthyologist Carl L. Hubbs, who supplied the type material to Marini.A new species of hake, Merluccius patagonicus, was described in 2003; this was the third hake species found in the southwest Atlantic, in addition to the Argentine hake and the southern hake. Some authorities consider this taxon to be synonymous with M. hubbsi.