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Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848) 
AphiaID: 293628

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Merlucciidae (Family) > Merlucciinae (Subfamily) > Merluccius (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Merluccius gayi gayi (Guichenot, 1848)
Rank Species
Parent Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish kumule  [details]
Dutch Chileense heek  [details]
English chilean whiting  [details]
English English hake  [details]
English hake  [details]
English Pacific hake  [details]
English Peruvian hake  [details]
English Peruvian whiting  [details]
English silver hake  [details]
English South Pacific hake  [details]
English whiting  [details]
Finnish perunkummeliturska  [details]
French merlu du chili  [details]
French merlu du Pacifique sud  [details]
German Chilenischer Seehecht  [details]
German Seehecht  [details]
Icelandic lysingur  [details]
Italian nasello dei Chile  [details]
Japanese chiri-heiku  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) bakaliáros  [details]
Polish morszczuk chilijski  [details]
Portuguese pescada chilena  [details]
Portuguese pescada do Chile  [details]
Quechuan (family) huaycuya  [details]
Spanish maltona  [details]
Spanish merlango  [details]
Spanish merluza  [details]
Spanish merluza chilen  [details]
Spanish merluza común  [details]
Spanish merluza común chilena  [details]
Spanish merluza del Pacifico sur  [details]
Spanish peje palo  [details]
Spanish pescada  [details]
Spanish pescadilla  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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 Subspecies Merluccius gayi gayi (Guichenot, 1848)
Subspecies Merluccius gayi peruanus Ginsburg, 1954

Subspecies Merluccius gayi australis (Hutton, 1872) accepted as Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
Subspecies Merluccius gayi hubbsi Marini, 1933 accepted as Merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933
Subspecies Merluccius gayi peruvianus Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius gayi peruanus Ginsburg, 1954
Subspecies Merluccius gayi polylepis Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution FAO fishing area 87 [details]
Host of  Acanthochondria phycidis (Rathbun, 1886) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus debueni Stuardo & Fagetti, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus australis Ho, 1991 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus palpifer Wilson C.B., 1912 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeenicus tricerastes Stuardo & Fagetti, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Phrixocephalus carcellesi Brian, 1944 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Trifur merluccii Talice, 1937 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Trifur tortuosus Wilson C.B., 1917 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria palpifera (Wilson C.B., 1912) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus chilensis Wilson C.B., 1918 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Neobrachiella insidiosa pacifica Kabata, 1979 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Neobrachiella insidiosa lageniformis (Szidat, 1955) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293628
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-02-18 09:17:38Z  created  Decock, Wim
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 14:50:09Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848). 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=293628 on 2013-05-24
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