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Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872) 
AphiaID: 272452

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Merlucciidae (Family) > Merlucciinae (Subfamily) > Merluccius (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810
Synonymised
taxa
  Gadus australis Hutton, 1872
Merlangius australis (Hutton, 1872)
Merluccius australis australis (Hutton, 1872)
Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954
Merluccius gayi australis (Hutton, 1872)
Merluccius gayi polylepis Ginsburg, 1954
Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Chilean hake  [details]
English hake  [details]
English Patagonian hake  [details]
English southern hake  [details]
English whiting  [details]
French merlu austral  [details]
Japanese hitachi  [details]
Japanese hitachi dara  [details]
Japanese nyujiirando-heiku  [details]
Spanish maltona  [details]
Spanish merluza austral  [details]
Spanish merluza del sur  [details]
Spanish merluza española  [details]
Spanish merluzón  [details]
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taxa

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Subspecies Merluccius australis australis (Hutton, 1872) accepted as Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
Subspecies Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Cook Strait [details]
Beagle Channel (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Coast of Chile (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
FAO fishing area 47 [details]
FAO fishing area 61 [details]
FAO fishing area 81 [details]
FAO fishing area 87 [details]
Magellan Strait (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
New Zealand (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Argentina (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Paratype (from synonym): USNM 157765, locality Chile [view taxon]
Host of  Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Neobrachiella insidiosa (Heller, 1865) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus palpifer Wilson C.B., 1912 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Sphyrion laevigatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Trifur puntaniger Thomé, 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Trifur tortuosus Wilson C.B., 1917 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Neobrachiella insidiosa lageniformis (Szidat, 1955) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272452
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872). 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=272452 on 2013-05-26
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