WoRMS taxon details
Merluccius angustimanus Garman, 1899
272451 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272451)
accepted
Species
Merluccius angusticeps Hildebrand, 1946 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. <em>In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N.</em> , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1540 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Panama
type locality contained in Gulf of Panama [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Merluccius angustimanus Garman, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272451 on 2026-07-09
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. <em>In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N.</em> , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1540 [details]
original description (of Merluccius angusticeps Hildebrand, 1946) Hildebrand, S. F. (1946). A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 189: i-xi + 1-530., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10117 [details]
original description (of Merluccius angusticeps Hildebrand, 1946) Hildebrand, S. F. (1946). A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 189: i-xi + 1-530., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10117 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Panama hakehakedwarf hake | [details] |
| French | merlu Panaméenmerlu du Panama | [details] |
| Portuguese | pescado do Panamá | [details] |
| Spanish | merluza panameñamerluza bajacaliforniamerluza | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius angustimanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius angusticeps Hildebrand, 1946)
To FishBase
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius angustimanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius angusticeps Hildebrand, 1946)
To FishBase
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS