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merluche

white hake

Urophycis tenuis

Urophycis tenuis. Merluche, or white hake, is a northwest Atlantic fish. But when the French talk about a merluche, they usually mean a regular hake or merlu.

Merluche taste rather like cod and are cooked in a wide variety of ways.

Fish and seafood

Text © Dana Facaros

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