WoRMS taxon details
Merluccius patagonicus Lloris & Matallanas, 2003
272456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272456)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J. (2003). Description of a new species of hake: <i>Merluccius patagonicus</i> sp. Nov. (Gadiformes: Merlucciidae) from the waters of Argentina. <em>Sci. Mar.</em> 67(3): 323-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2003.67n3323 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Merluccius patagonicus Lloris & Matallanas, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272456 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J. (2003). Description of a new species of hake: <i>Merluccius patagonicus</i> sp. Nov. (Gadiformes: Merlucciidae) from the waters of Argentina. <em>Sci. Mar.</em> 67(3): 323-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2003.67n3323 [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
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 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
