欧洲无须鳕为辐鳍鱼纲鳕形目无须鳕科的其中一种。

本鱼分布于东大西洋，从冰岛、挪威至西非毛里塔尼亚、黑海、地中海等海域。

The European hake (Merluccius merluccius) is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius. It sometimes was called the "herring hake", perhaps because it often feeds on Atlantic herring and therefore is likely to be netted along with herring. This is consistent with a 19th-century account: