Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

Traits taxon details

Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810

AphiaID

125762 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125762)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Merlucciinae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (16)

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Species Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)
Species Merluccius angustimanus Garman, 1899
Species Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
Species Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814)
Species Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861
Species Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848)
Species Merluccius hernandezi Mathews, 1985
Species Merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933
Species Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960
Species Merluccius patagonicus Lloris & Matallanas, 2003
Species Merluccius peruanus Ginsburg, 1954
Species Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950
Species Merluccius productus (Ayres, 1855)
Species Merluccius senegalensis Cadenat, 1950
Species Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris, 2006

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 25 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125762 on 2025-05-30

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125762 on 2025-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-03-03 08:41:16Z

changed

Dewitte, Elien

2013-03-11 13:25:43Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 25 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]