WoRMS taxon details
Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)
158748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158748)
accepted
Species
Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818 · unaccepted
Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412.
page(s): 409 [details]
page(s): 409 [details]
Type locality contained in New York
type locality contained in New York [details]
Distribution Scotian shelf off eastern Canada, into eastern Canada into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Rio de Janeiro
Distribution Scotian shelf off eastern Canada, into eastern Canada into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Rio de Janeiro [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158748 on 2025-03-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412.
page(s): 409 [details]
original description (of Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954) Ginsburg, I. (1954). Whitings on the coasts of the American continent. <em>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> 56 (96): 187-208. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
page(s): 409 [details]
original description (of Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954) Ginsburg, I. (1954). Whitings on the coasts of the American continent. <em>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> 56 (96): 187-208. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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 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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on lanternfishes, merlucciids, squid and crustaceans [details]Distribution Scotian shelf off eastern Canada, into eastern Canada into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Rio de Janeiro [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat deepwater species occuring over a wide depth range, usually deeper than 183m [details]
Importance Social- Minor Commercial, fishery [details]
Reproduction Spawning occurs from April to July, possibly near the bottom in depths of 330-550m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | offshore whitingoffshore silver hakeoffshore hake | [details] |
| French | merlu du largemerlu blancmerlu argenté du largemerlu | [details] |
| German | Seehecht | [details] |
| Japanese | ofushoa-heiku | [details] |
| Portuguese | prescada prateada do alto | [details] |
| Spanish | merluza norteamericana meridionalmerluza blanca de alturamerluza blancamerluza | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius albidus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase images (Merluccius albidus, by JAMARC)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Merluccius albidus P09833 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius albidus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase images (Merluccius albidus, by JAMARC)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Merluccius albidus P09833 illustration)
To ITIS
