WoRMS taxon details
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 126438
AphiaID: 126438
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Gadidae (Family) > Merlangius (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Merlangius Garsault, 1764 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gadus euxinus Nordmann, 1840 (synonym) Gadus merlangus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Gadus merlangus euxinus Nordmann, 1840 Gadus merlangus merlangus Linnaeus, 1758 Merlangius merlangius (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Merlangius merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840) Merlangius merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) Merlangus linnei Malm, 1877 Merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Merlangus merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840) (misspelling) Merlangus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 Odontogadus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) Odontogadus merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840) Odontogadus merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 526 [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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 526 [details] from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon] from synonym: von Nordmann, A. (1840). Observations sur la fauna pontique. in A. de Démidoff. Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée. Vol. III. Paris. Pp 355-635, Atlas: 32 col. pls. [1842]. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Prenant, M. (1931). Sur une collection de bryozoaires de la Mer du Nord appartenant au Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique [On a collection of bryozoans of the North Sea belonging to the Musée Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 7(17): 1-6 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| All child taxa [hide all] | Subspecies Merlangius merlangus euxinus (Nordmann, 1840) accepted as Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Merlangius merlangus merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Baltic sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Bray-Dunes [details] Bredene [details] British Isles [details] De Haan [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Grevelingen [details] IJsselmeer (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mariakerke [details] Middelkerke [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Oosterschelde [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Schelde estuary (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Voordelta [details] Westerschelde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Wimereux [details] Zeeschelde [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Clavella adunca (Strøm, 1762) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Cresseyus confusus (Stock, 1953) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (143 nucleotides; 151 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126438 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=126438 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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