WoRMS name details
Merlangus Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817
297098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:297098)
unaccepted
Genus
- Species Merlangus albus Yarrell, 1841 accepted as Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827)
- Species Merlangus argenteus (Guichenot, 1850) accepted as Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850
- Species Merlangus carbonarius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Merlangus linnei Malm, 1877 accepted as Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Merlangus pertusus Cocco, 1829 accepted as Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827)
- Species Merlangus polaris Sabine, 1824 accepted as Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774)
- Species Merlangus pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Merlangus poutassou Risso, 1827 accepted as Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827)
- Species Merlangus purpureus (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Merlangus vernalis Risso, 1827 accepted as Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827)
- Species Merlangus virens (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Merlangus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 accepted as Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Merlangus Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=297098 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Other
additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
