WoRMS taxon details
Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814)
158962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158962)
accepted
Species
Stomodon bilinearis Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Stomodon bilinearis Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28. [details]
Type locality contained in New York
type locality contained in New York [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Belle Isle Channel to Bahamas; most common from southern Newfoundland to South Carolina
Distribution Belle Isle Channel to Bahamas; most common from southern Newfoundland to South Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158962 on 2026-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stomodon bilinearis Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28. [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]
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on Atlantic herring, crustaceans, gaspereau, mackeral, and occasionally cannibalistic [details]Distribution Belle Isle Channel to Bahamas; most common from southern Newfoundland to South Carolina [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat benthic species, prefers warmer waters [details]
Importance Scientific- Highly commercial [details]
Predators Cod, pollock, swordfish and sharks [details]
Reproduction Spawning occurs from June to September [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Croatian | ugotica | [details] |
| Danish | kulmule | [details] |
| Dutch | zilverheek | [details] |
| English | whitingsilver hakeNew England hakehakeAtlantic hake | [details] |
| Finnish | hopekummeliturska | [details] |
| French | merlu argentémerlan | [details] |
| German | SilberhechtNordamerikanischer Seehecht | [details] |
| Icelandic | lysingur | [details] |
| Italian | nasello atlantico | [details] |
| Norwegian | lysing | [details] |
| Polish | morszczuk srebrzysty | [details] |
| Portuguese | pescada prateada | [details] |
| Spanish | merluza norteamericanamerluza atlánticamerluza | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (54 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Stomodon bilinearis Mitchill, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius bilinearis)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stomodon bilinearis Mitchill, 1814)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (129 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
To GenBank (129 nucleotides; 77 proteins) (from synonym Stomodon bilinearis Mitchill, 1814)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Merluccius bilinearis P08612 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (155 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Stomodon bilinearis Mitchill, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius bilinearis)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stomodon bilinearis Mitchill, 1814)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (129 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
To GenBank (129 nucleotides; 77 proteins) (from synonym Stomodon bilinearis Mitchill, 1814)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Merluccius bilinearis P08612 illustration)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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