WoRMS taxon details
Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810
AphiaID: 125762
AphiaID: 125762
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Merlucciidae (Family) > Merlucciinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Merlucciinae Svetovidov, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Epicopus Homalopomus Hydronus Minding, 1832 (synonym) Merlangus Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym) Merlucius Merlus Onus Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym) Stomodon Trachinoides | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 105, 20 fold. Pl pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 25 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] additional source: Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818) Species Merluccius angustimanus Garman, 1899 Species Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872) Species Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814) Species Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 Species Merluccius hernandezi Mathews, 1985 Species Merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933 Species Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 Species Merluccius patagonicus Lloris & Matallanas, 2003 Species Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950 Species Merluccius productus (Ayres, 1855) Species Merluccius senegalensis Cadenat, 1950 Species Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris, 2006 Species Merluccius ambiguous Lowe, 1841 accepted as Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810) Species Merluccius ambiguus Lowe, 1841 accepted as Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810) Species Merluccius angusticeps Hildebrand, 1946 accepted as Merluccius angustimanus Garman, 1899 Species Merluccius argentatus Günther, 1862 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960 accepted as Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950 Species Merluccius esculentus Risso, 1827 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848) accepted as Merluccius gayi gayi (Guichenot, 1848) Species Merluccius linnei Malm, 1877 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818) Species Merluccius maraldi (Risso, 1810) accepted as Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810) Species Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872) Species Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Merluccius uraleptus Costa, 1846 accepted as Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810) Species Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125762 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125762 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||||||||
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